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3.5.4 start

--start=<offset>{s|kb|mb|gb}

This parameter specifies the start position of the volume being recovered. If no measurement unit is

specified, the offset is measured in megabytes (mb).

Use this parameter with the recover disk (p. 20) and recover vm (p. 29) commands when

recovering a volume to unallocated space of a hard disk.

The --start parameter and the --target_volume (p. 107) parameter are mutually exclusive. If

you specify both, an error will occur.

3.5.5 size

--size=<volume size>{s|kb|mb|gb}

The parameter specifies the new size of the volume being recovered. If no measurement unit is

specified, the size is measured in megabytes (mb).

Use this parameter with the recover disk (p. 20) and recover vm (p. 29) commands if you need

to resize the volume during recovery.

3.5.6 mbr_disk

--mbr_disk=<disk number>

Number of the disk whose master boot record (MBR) is to be recovered from a backup. The

parameter is used with the recover disk (p. 20) command to recover an MBR in addition to

recovering a volume.

You will usually recover an MBR in the following cases:

 When migrating a machine to different hardware.

 When recovering custom or non-Windows boot loaders. Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.5

automatically updates Windows loaders after the volume recovery, so there is no need to

recover the MBR unless it is damaged.

3.5.7 target_mbr_disk

--target_mbr_disk=<disk number>

The disk where the master boot record specified in the --mbr_disk (p. 86) parameter will be

recovered. The parameter is used with the recover disk (p. 20) command to recover an MBR in

addition to recovering a volume. If the parameter is not specified, the command will fail.

3.6 Backup parameters

3.6.1 application_aware

--application_aware

The parameter is used with the backup disk (p. 19) command. If specified, the software will create

a single-pass backup of the specified disks and volumes.