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Merged partitions but lost OS. Need to create recovery disc but must purchase media builder?

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Regular backups on my main system but never created a recovery disc before merging partitions on my HD caused a boot failure.  Do I have to purchase media builder separately in order to create a recovery disc from a second pc?  

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No.

You can download the recovery .iso from your account and burn to CD or DVD and use that for recovery.  Otherwise, you can install on a different computer and activate the license on that one, but it will require deactivating it on the old one through the app.  It should ask you to log in from the app, then you pick the old system to remove the license from and it should let you activate it on the new one.

If you have any issues with license or activation, tech support is your point of contactj and these types of issues are always free:

http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/contact-us.html