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Manager..." (or removes the corresponding entry from GRUB's boot menu). This means you will need bootable media in case the system fails to boot. Limitation Acronis Startup Recovery Manager requires re-activation of third-party loaders after activation. 2.7.2 Universal Restore (Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM Universal Restore) Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM Universal Restore is the Acronis proprietary technology that helps recover and boot up Windows on dissimilar hardware. The Universal Restore handles differences in devices that are critical for the operating system start-up, such as storage controllers, motherboard or chipset. Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM Universal Restore purpose A system can be easily recovered from a disk backup (image) onto the same system or to identical hardware. However, if you change a motherboard or use another processor version-a likely possibility in case of hardware failure-the recovered system could be unbootable. An attempt to transfer the system to a new, much more powerful computer will usually produce the same unbootable result because the new hardware is incompatible with the most critical drivers included in the image. Using Microsoft System Preparation Tool (Sysprep) does not solve this problem, because Sysprep permits installing drivers only for Plug and Play devices (sound cards, network adapters, video cards etc.). As for system Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and mass storage device drivers, they must be identical on the source and the target computers (see Microsoft Knowledge Base, articles 302577 and 216915). The Universal Restore technology provides an efficient solution for hardware-independent system recovery by replacing the crucial Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and mass storage device drivers. Universal Restore is applicable for: 1. Instant recovery of a failed system on different hardware. 2. Hardware-independent cloning and deployment of operating systems. 3. Physical-to-physical machine migration. The Universal Restore principles 1. Automatic HAL and mass storage driver selection. Universal Restore searches for drivers in the network folders you specify, on removable media and in the default driver storage folders of the system being recovered. Universal Restore analyzes the compatibility level of all found drivers and installs HAL and mass storage drivers that better fit the target hardware. Drivers for network adapters are also searched and passed to the operating system which installs them automatically when first started. The Windows default driver storage folder is determined in the registry value DevicePath, which can be found in the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion. This storage folder is usually WINDOWS/inf. 2. Manual selection of the mass storage device driver.

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Manager…" (or removes the corresponding entry from GRUB's boot menu). This means you will need
bootable media in case the system fails to boot.
Limitation
Acronis Startup Recovery Manager requires re-activation of third-party loaders after activation.
2.7.2
Universal Restore (Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM
Universal Restore)
Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM Universal Restore is the Acronis proprietary technology that
helps recover and boot up Windows on dissimilar hardware. The Universal Restore handles
differences in devices that are critical for the operating system start-up, such as storage controllers,
motherboard or chipset.
Acronis Backup & Recovery Server OEM Universal Restore purpose
A system can be easily recovered from a disk backup (image) onto the same system or to identical
hardware. However, if you change a motherboard or use another processor version—a likely
possibility in case of hardware failure—the recovered system could be unbootable. An attempt to
transfer the system to a new, much more powerful computer will usually produce the same
unbootable result because the new hardware is incompatible with the most critical drivers included
in the image.
Using Microsoft System Preparation Tool (Sysprep) does not solve this problem, because Sysprep
permits installing drivers only for Plug and Play devices (sound cards, network adapters, video cards
etc.). As for system Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and mass storage device drivers, they must be
identical on the source and the target computers (see Microsoft Knowledge Base, articles 302577
and 216915).
The Universal Restore technology provides an efficient solution for hardware-independent system
recovery by replacing the crucial Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) and mass storage device drivers.
Universal Restore is applicable for:
1.
Instant recovery of a failed system on different hardware.
2.
Hardware-independent cloning and deployment of operating systems.
3.
Physical-to-physical machine migration.
The Universal Restore principles
1.
Automatic HAL and mass storage driver selection.
Universal Restore searches for drivers in the network folders you specify, on removable media
and in the default driver storage folders of the system being recovered. Universal Restore
analyzes the compatibility level of all found drivers and installs HAL and mass storage drivers that
better fit the target hardware. Drivers for network adapters are also searched and passed to the
operating system which installs them automatically when first started.
The Windows default driver storage folder is determined in the registry value
DevicePath
, which can be
found in the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
. This
storage folder is usually WINDOWS/inf.
2.
Manual selection of the mass storage device driver.