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automatically generates a new unique NT signature and assigns it to the second disk. As a result, all the volumes

on the second disk will lose their letters, all paths will be invalid on the disk, and programs won't find their files.

The operating system on that disk will be unbootable.

To retain system bootability on the target disk volume, choose one of the following:

• Select automatically

A new NT signature will be created only if the existing one differs from the one in the backup.

Otherwise, the existing NT signature will be kept.

• Create new

The program will generate a new NT signature for the target hard disk drive.

• Recover from backup

The program will replace the NT signature of the target hard disk with one from the disk backup.

Recovering the disk signature may be desirable due to the following reasons:

o Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 creates scheduled tasks using the signature of the source hard

disk. If you recover the same disk signature, you don't need to re-create or edit the tasks

created previously.

o Some installed applications use disk signature for licensing and other purposes

• Keep existing

The program will leave the existing NT signature of the target hard disk as is.

6.3.6.2. Volumes

Available volume destinations depend on the agents operating on the machine.

Recover to:

Physical machine

The selected volumes will be recovered to the physical disks of the machine the console is

connected to. On selecting this, you proceed to the regular volume mapping procedure described

below.

Recover [Disk #] MBR to: [If the Master Boot Record is selected for recovery]

Disk # (p. 131)

Choose the disk to recover the Master Boot Record to.

NT signature: (p. 129)

Select the way the disk's signature contained in the MBR will be handled. The disk signature is

used by Windows and the Linux kernel version 2.6 and later.

Recover [Volume] to:

Disk # /Volume (p. 131)

Sequentially map each of the source volumes to a volume or an unallocated space on the

destination disk.

Size (p. 131):

[Optional] Change the recovered volume size, location and other properties.