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Acronis TrueImage causing damage to UEFI motherboards

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I am unable to contact Acronis Support directly so i have no choice but to post this here

Problem: After starting a full OS recovery from within Windows (Not using the bootable media) using the Acronis True Image 2014 software the computer restarts to the following screen:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c11/smakme7757/WP_20131126_004_zps1db…

It seems the Acronis Bootloader has corrupted something within the UEFI boot system.

Affected system = 2.

I did a recovery on my Dell laptop last night which ended up with the same problem. I had Dell support out today to change my motherboard and all is well. However both myself and the Dell repair man put it down to bad luck and that components fail every now and again.

Then tonight I decided to recover my Desktop (A few projects coming up so i need everything clean for new software) and as you can see in the picture above, exactly the same problem.

Both system were using UEFI boot
Both System were running WIndows 8.1
Both system were running Acronis TrueImage 2014.
Both system had Secure Boot turned off

After my Dell got repaired i tried again with the bootable media and that worked, but now i'm out of pocket a new motherboard for the desktop system.

It's possible that this has been reported before, but this was unknown to me and now I'm out of pocket. Obviouly Acronis has a clause in their EULA which covers this type of thing, but this problem must be made known to users.

PC 1 = Dell Latitude E6530
PC2 = MSI Z77A-GD65

**Update**
I managed to fix the desktop with it's onboard redundant BIOS. So thankfully nothing is damaged however this is a case that users should be made aware of.

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Im having the same issue ive restored my computer and lost two motherboards. The last one only lasted two months. How did you fix this issue? Does anyone have a fix my computer is dead now.

Me too! Just had Dell Tech replace my motherboard last week (4/4/2014) - Windows 8 Dell Inspiron Desktop.

It is highly recommended to do the restores from the recovery CD. This avoids the changes that the Windows ATI has to do to the boot records to reboot into a pre-Windows environment.

I can't even get my computer to startup. It just sits at the Dell logo. This was right after I tried to restore my computer with True Image 2014. Does anyone know of a fix I can do to bring back to life my computer? I can't even get into the bios or anything. I think it's just dead but I dont' know.

If you have the Windows DELL OEM disks, boot on it and repair the startup of the computer. You can also prepare a bootable USB disk with a version of Windows OS you download from the Microsoft website (as if you wanted to install Windows afresh). Do not go through the installatio though, unless you know the Windows product key of your DELL computer