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1. can i do a full backup of my OS but disclude a folder as I use Resilio Sync and the folder across my devices is around 100GB and would like to not back this up, if so how do i go about it??

2. Is it wise to create a bootable memory stick with both the rescue media builder and the Universal Restore?

It is likely in the future that I would have to restore to different hardware

 

Cheers for any help

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James, welcome to these User Forums.

  1. Yes, you can do a full Disk & Partitions backup of your OS drive and still exclude your 100GB folder by using the Exclusions settings to select that folder and its contents to be excluded.  See the ATI 2018 User Guide: Excluding items from backup for more information.
     
  2. Yes to creating a bootable memory stick for the ATI 2018 Rescue Media as this is best to create from a working computer system with the product installed.
    No to needing to include the Acronis Universal Restore software on that same stick, as this is only required when you are considering a migration of your computer OS etc to new/different hardware.  It is not needed for restores / recovery to the same computer system or a new disk drive in that same system.

    Note: You can create the AUR media separately on either a CD or USB stick if you are looking at a future hardware migration, but there are other considerations for using this media than just creating it.