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okay I bought a new HP with windows 8.. I d/l the Windows 8 secure boot hotfix worked great Thanks, but i still have 1 other problem with my 2013 Acronis I have always used the Acronis startup recovery manager Hitting the F-11 key on my Dell but my new machine is a HP P-7 and it uses F-11 for HP recovery :( is there any other key I can config to activate Acronis Startup Recovery Boot or is that in the works for next update of build 5551, the F-11 key is so much better than booting from the Rescue media builder disk or it is for me, thanks in advance for any help or suggeations

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thanks to any help or suggestions make any suggestions as easy as you can i'm no dummy but I am 73 and sometimes have to read out load 3 or 4 times before it sinks in

Do you really need it? I recommend against the associated Startup Recovery Manager. If activated, it modifies your system drive Master Boot Record (MBR), which can cause problems with multi-boot managers and other low-level disk utilities.

Do you really need it? perhaps not, it's just since i first decided to use Acronis 2009 i have always used and activated Startup Recovery , and if there is a work around i would like to know what,how like i said at age 73 old habits are hard to break but i will give your question lots of thought, thanks for the input

Does post #7 in this discussion help?

http://forum.acronis.com/forum/3564

Just one thought (note, I haven't tried this), I don't think the download patch for Secure Boot/UEFI for the Recovery CD changes the ASRM files (I could be wrong), if it doesn't, the ASRM won't work in Windows 8.

If that turns out to be the case, it might be possible to copy the contents of the recovery media folder to the ASRM folder (that will be in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Acronis folder).

The Hotfix does indeed change the ASRM, but it must be de-activated and re-activated after applying the Hotfix for the update to the ASRM to applied.

http://kb.acronis.com/content/38965

Colin B wrote:

Just one thought (note, I haven't tried this), I don't think the download patch for Secure Boot/UEFI for the Recovery CD changes the ASRM files (I could be wrong), if it doesn't, the ASRM won't work in Windows 8.

If that turns out to be the case, it might be possible to copy the contents of the recovery media folder to the ASRM folder (that will be in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Acronis folder).

I've been trying to determine how to update ASRM and finally found your post. Email support was little help. My Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse did not function once I loaded ASRM under the most current ATI 2013 release but there was a subsequent update to the Bootable CD download which provided wireless and/or USB support.

Copying the Bootable CD contents to the 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\TrueImageHome' folder in WinXP overwrote existing files and added a few new ones. Additionally, I renamed the Bootable CD '.dat' files to match the pre-existing files on the hard drive. Finally, I disabled and re-enabled ASRM. This worked perfectly!

Being anxious to try this process, I didn't test along the way and have the following questions:

1. Was it necessary to copy the non-existent files from the bootable CD to the 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\TrueImageHome' folder?

2. Is ASRM reading files from the 'C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\TrueImageHome' folder when it is started using 'F11' or are these files copied to another location on the hard drive when ASRM is activated?

3. Was it necessary to rename the '.dat.' files?

4. If I update or upgrade ATI will the ASRM offer the same functionality and device support as the Bootable CD for that version or will I need to repeat this process?

I'm thrilled that your post resolved my issue and I'm just trying to better understand how ASRM works.

Thank you!