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Universal Restore

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When I purchased Acronis 2017, there was a separate download called Universal Restore. What does this program do...and how does it differ from Acronis 2017

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Chick, welcome to these user forums.

Universal Restore is an additional / optional component of Acronis True Image and provides a means of restoring your Windows OS backup image to different computer hardware should that be needed in the future for you.   By different computer hardware, I mean a new computer, or a change of the main motherboard and associated components.

The main program functionality is provided in the core True Image application for Backup & Restore / Recovery, but you should also ensure that you know how to use the Acronis bootable Rescue Media / Disc (which can be on CD/DVD or USB stick) as if you want to use your full backup to recover from a disk failure or OS issue, when this will be needed to help you do so.