Acronis bootable media
Using the latest TIH 2017 build 8053, I find two different files for the bootable media:
a) from the program: AcronisBootableMedia.iso (833.984 kB)
b) from my account: AcronisTrueImage2017_8053.iso (618.688 kB)
Both should be identical, but why such a confusion?
KL


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As far as I know the two media are different. The one created from the program is a full Linux distribution based a Busy Box Linux. The one downloaded from your account is based on a different platform called ISO Linux. The boot process is different, so sometimes the ISO Linux media can boot on a computer where the regular Linux can't boot on.
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Steve, Mustang: Thank you very much for your answers. On this occasion I'd also like to thank you for the significant help that you are giving to Acronis users.
I suppose that somebody at Acronis is following these threads.
In my opinion there should be only one, recommended official "Acronis Bootable Rescue Media" since this is the most sensitive part of any backup software. I dont want to keep a bundle of rescue media (of course each tested on my computer), from which one eventually might work in case of emergency.
Klaus
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Klaus, thank you for your comments and appreciation, we are all happy to try to help other users in these forums, and it is always nice to receive such comments as yours.
I understand your opinion with regards to having only the one 'recommended official' Rescue Media, and understand that this is how some other products tend to work. I would have to say that there can be advantages of having more that one option for the Rescue Media, as Mustang (Paul) mentioned in his reply, the different flavours of Linux used can provide options where one will work and the other will not on some specific systems.
My personal preference for the Rescue Media is to create the MVP Tool - Custom Acronis Windows PE media on a USB stick - I have actually created two versions of this (on two separate USB sticks), one for 64-bit and a second for 32-bit systems - both are built from the Windows 10 ADK and include just the default Intel RST drivers (to allow for RAID support), and these work on all of my current systems that I have tested to date, plus on a few friends computers that I have needed to 'look at' recently. What I like about this custom media is the extras that are included which include a file manager and tools for capturing screen shots etc, but where more can be added if needed.
Acronis defaults to using the Linux media which will work on many computer systems, but does not have the flexibility of the WinPE media in my opinion. I also have a 1TB external USB HDD drive which has a small 4GB FAT32 bootable partition (with the same WinPE Rescue Media restored to it) that I can boot from and also use to backup or restore from.
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Steve, I do agree that there is another class of powerful rescue media. In fact, I am using a Windows PE media on my very old Laptop. I can also agree that one of the two 'normal' rescue media offered by Acronis might work better for a specific system. But that is a matter for specialists. A normal user relies on Acronis' statement that the rescue media from the software and from the personal account are identical. In my opinion, Acronis should either offer only the most comprehensive one or explain the difference.
Klaus
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Klaus, I have sent a PM to Slava to ask him to review this forum topic and to see if we can get an official statement from Acronis on this question.
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Thank you very much Steve. I am very interested in Acronis' perspective and how this matter will be solved in the next release.
Klaus
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Hello All,
Klaus, Acronis Bootable Media Builder is the preferred method of creating the media. In your case it put not only Acronis True Image, but also Acronis Universal Restore module into the media. ISO file that you download from the account does not include Universal Restore.
Steve, you have Acronis Disk Director, in addition to Acronis True Image and Acronis Universal Restore. If we divide 618,688KB by 1024 in order to convert KB to MB, we will get 604.1875 MB.
Mustang, ISOLinux is not shipped anymore, neither with the installer, nor via direct ISO image download.
Anyone wondering what is inside an .iso file can open it with a third-party tool like 7-zip and double-click the bootable media menus to view it in a text editor:
1) Colorful Legacy BIOS boot menu file is bootmenu.xml in the root folder of the .iso container
2) Black and white text-based UEFI boot menus are in the \efi\boot folder. 32-bit UEFI loader application uses bootia32.xml, while 64-bit UEFI loader application uses bootx64.xml
Regards,
Slava
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Slava, thank you for the clarification, I had forgotten that AUR and DD will get included in the ISO media with the Linux version, which explains the difference in sizes. I probably should have just tried booting from the ISO (in a VM) and would have seen immediately the extra options!
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Hi Salva,
Thanks for the clarification about ISOLinux.
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