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have multiple OS (32bit and 64bit) images in the acronis secure zone

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so a little background first, i work for and IT company and using acronis 2013. we work with different offices and sometimes the software they use can only run on 32bit OS other office we can use 64bit OS. we keep spare computers around so if an office calls with a problem that can't be fixed on site we bring a "loaner PC" with the OS they need. currently i keep a version of the each OS on an external HDD. so my question is, is there a way to keep to different images in the secure zone so when i use the recovery manager i can pick the bit version and install a clean copy of the OS from the local HDD rather then using the external HDD?

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Jeremy,
No, there isn't an officially supported way to put both 32 and 64bit images into a secure zone that resides on a local disk. I say officially supported because I believe it is possible to assign a drive letter to the ASZ and copy files to it. Granted I have never tried booting ASR (F11) to an ASZ that contains both images. It's probably agnostic, but I don't know. Maybe one of the other MVP's will chime in.

I personally would just carry a single boot cd or USB stick to start a machine and an external disk with both images. I don't use ASR or ASZ, but understand what you are trying to do.

thanks for the reply. i did see that if true image is installed on the computer it does show as a drive but could not drag and drop anything in there. ill keep testing on my end to see if anything possible