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does the acronis bootable media load into memory?

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Sorry if this is an easy question but:

   does the acronis bootable media load into and run from memory?

It seems to but I'd like confirmation.

My issue is I have a surfacebook (2 usb ports) and I want to recover an image (on usb) while booting from a usb stick; i need to plugin a usb mouse in order to use the acronis interface (the trackpad and keyboard do not work).

my plan is: boot from the flash drive, with usb mouse to navigate; pull out the flash drive after acronis has finsihed booting, plug in the usb drive with the image, select the archive, etc. with the mouse, and finally click Ok to recover

Thanks

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Yes, it loads into memory as a ramdisk.  On Surface Pro's the type-cover and toucscreen usually don't work with the default bootable linux media since they are Linux drivers and the Surface Pro's are completely Windows designed systems without LInux drivers for the proprietary hardware in the Surface Pro's.  As a result, you will most likely need a UsB hub and a wired keyboard and mouse.  I use a logitich unifying device (single wireless dongle) for my external keyboard ad mouse and it works fine.  The UsB hub is needed for the additional UsB port as you'll need at least one port for a keyboard/mouse combo and another for the USB bootable recovery media. 

What you're proposing should work, but it will be painful and cumbersome.  For the low price of a UsB 3.0 non-powered hub, you'll be better off in the long run to just grab one - even a UsB 2.0 hub would work, but I'd pay the extra couple of bucks for USB 3.0 to speed things along.  Personally, I like the USB 3.0 hub with built in gigabit ethernet (roughly $22 on Amazon).  Gives you wired network access if you ever need/want to back to a network share too and can be useful on a variety of systems - especially new ones that my come with newer nics that may not have direct driver support in the default linux bootable recovery media if they are really new devices.