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Have I created my bootable media correctly? Am I ready to Recover if needed?

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I was unable to create the bootable cd using the Acronis Bootable Media Builder. I chose Windows PE for the bootable media type, downloaded the Windows PE2.1 ISO file, put it in a directory on my server, and using the Bootable Media Builder I pointed to the ISO file and got an error stating the WinPE files were not found. I did not try anything past that point so I could have missed something.

So I downloaded the ISO image from my account on the Acronis website for B&R 10 for Windows Servers. Using my laptop I burned the ISO file to a DVD with Roxio, booted my laptop to the newly created bootable media and it did work. I booted into the Acronis 10 Backup and Recovery GUI. Is this all I need to recover my server from an external USB drive if I ever need to? I did a full backup of my sever and saved the image to the external drive. Or do I need to add Universal Restore to the image? If so how?

I guess I don't fully understand the need for Universal Recovery if you can restore without it. I have it and it is installed on my Windows server. But if I can restore a server using the Backup and Recovery tools I am satisfied with that.

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May be this helps with WinPE http://kb.acronis.com/content/6267

> Is this all I need to recover my server from an external USB drive if I ever need to?
No. You need to boot your server from the bootable disk and check that its disks (their controller) are recognized, so that they appear in 'what to backup' selection dialog. If you don't need to restore to some other server Universal Restore is not necesary. The fact that it works on your laptop is not enough.

> I did a full backup of my sever and saved the image to the external drive. Or do I need to add Universal Restore to the image? If so how?
UR is the part of created bootable media, not backup image. it's probably already there if 'use universal restore' checkbox appears on restore page when ou run from bootable media (after disk backup is selected for restore). Or may be you can just check if UR is mentioned in help-about dialog.

So is the image I downloaded from the Acronis website and burned to a DVD, the ISO file, the same thing that is created from the Bootable Media Builder? I am trying to determine if I need to go through all the steps of creating the bootable media through the actual software.

There is a technical difference between the CD the rescue media makes and the ISO version.

The difference is that the ISO version uses a different Linux kernel to the inbuilt one with ABR10, and will often have more recent drivers included.