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Any Easy Explanation of Backup/Recovery Options/Terms?

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I've looked through the guide and in the application itself, and I'm still confused regarding the Rescue/Restore options.

My build number is: 6525.

In the app, there is Rescue Media Builder.
Within this, there is Acronis Bootable Rescue Media, within this is ISO-Image, ISO-file and CD-Drive.
Also within Rescue Media Builder is WINPE-Based Media with Acronis Plugin

The there is Acronis Universal Restore, within this is Rescue Media Builder

Then there is More Tools, which has some, if not all the above.

Is there a simple explanation, or one option that will cover more situations than another?

I'm an intermediate user and I'm still struggling with which or what to use.

I found a CD with Acronis Rescue Disk written on it ( by yours truly ). It has one folder/file on it called Recovery Manager.

Any help will be much appreciated. If I'm non-repairable, I can handle that too!

Thanks for your time

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When you create system disk images with Acronis, you need to create a Rescue Media to restore them on the same computer. You need to test this medium and make sure you can restore a couple of files from your backups.

The software in Windows helps you create such a medium, through a wizard: the Rescue Media Builder.
There are 2 types of Rescue Media Operating System. The standard one is Linux, the other one is WINPE-Based.

When you create a Linux one, you can output ISO (to be burnt to a CD, or to be used on a bootable flash drive like using a tool like YUMI.), or you can "burn" directly to a CD using the CD-drive, or even directly to a flash drive. LInux based rescue media is fast to boot, supports wireless connections, should works on many many computers, but may be limited by some hardware support. Start with this one.

When you create a WINPE-based one, the operations are a tad more involved. You end up with a rescue media that is slower to boot, but have much better hardware support, but no wireless support out of the box.

Acronis Universal Restore is a separate tool that you use when you restore the image to a different computer or to a different disk controller. This medium is used to boot the computer on after the image is restored and to add drivers to the restored image so that the different computer can boot normally. Unless you need to restore to a different computer (a new hard disk is not a new computer), you don't need this feature.

Thanks for your help, more questions to follow, please.
You stated:" the software in Windows helps you create such a medium...", referring to the Rescue Media.
Does Acronis do this within Windows? And this is not a separate Windows app?
The reason for this question is, along with the CD I have called "Acronis Rescue Disk", I also have a CD titled ( by me again ) "Repair Disk Windows 7 64-bit". I realize this CD is a useful one, but where does it fit into what I'm trying to do here?
Thanks again for your time.