Unable to start Acronis recovery stick without UEFI
When I create a bootable Acronis USB stick:
- Start true image 2018
- Recue Media Builder
- Simple (but Advanced with either PE or linux based result in the same problem)
- Choose USB stick and proceed.
I can ONLY boot from USB when I configure the BIOS to enable "UEFI" boot.
Is it possible to boot the USB so that it does not rely on UEFI/GPT?
The reason I ask this, is that I am now constantly switching between UEFI enabled and disabled with restoring images via Acronis and back to booting from the actual HDD.


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When you boot the created media you will find 2 entries for the media in the computer bios if your bios supports both UEFI and Legacy/CSM which sounds like what you have.
With your bios set to boot either mode you must select the correct boot media entry from the Boot Order List in your machine bios. In some cases such entries may be hidden from view due to the way in which the bios displays boot devices.
The key to boot the media is to find the boot media entry that does not contain UEFI in the name of the media and make that entry the first in the bios boot order. Some bios will only display 3 or 4 boot device entries even though more than that may be available. If the non-UEFI boot entry is at the bottom of the boot devices it may not appear in the list for this reason.
In you bios Advanced mode look in the Boot section look for a Disk Drives section. Select it and look for your non-UEFI boot entry in the list. You should be able to select that entry and use key combinations to move it up the list. Move the entry to the top of this list and will now be selectable as a boot device in the boot order list.
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