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There are probably other times when you may need to recover the MBR, but the above are the most
common.
When recovering the MBR of one disk to another Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 recovers Track 0,
which does not affect the target disk’s partition table and partition layout. Acronis Backup &
Recovery 11 automatically updates Windows loaders after recovery, so there is no need to recover
the MBR and Track 0 for Windows systems, unless the MBR is damaged.
5.1.1.1 Selecting archive location
Location
Details
Online backup
storage
If the archive is stored in Acronis Online Backup Storage, click Log in and specify the
credentials to log in to the online storage. Then, expand the Online backup storage group
and select the account.
Exporting and mounting are not supported for backups stored in Acronis Online Backup
Storage.
Personal
If the archive is stored in a personal vault, expand the Personal group and click the
required vault.
Centralized
If the archive is stored in a centralized vault, expand the Centralized group and click the
appropriate vault.
Machine name
This is the local machine name.
Local folders
If the archive is stored in a local folder on the machine, expand the <Machine name>
group and select the required folder.
CD, DVD, etc.
If the archive is stored on optical media such as CD or DVD, expand the <Machine name>
group, then select the required drive. First insert the last DVD. Then insert the discs in
order starting from the first one when the program prompts.
Tape device
If the archive is stored on a locally attached tape device, expand the Tape drives group,
then click the required device.
Tape devices are available only if you have upgraded from Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.
For information about using tapes, see the "Tape devices" section of the product Help.
Network folders
If the archive is stored on a network share, expand the Network folders group, then select
the required networked machine and then click the shared folder. If the network share
requires access credentials, the program will ask for them.
FTP, SFTP
If the archive is stored on an FTP or SFTP server, type the server name or address in the
Path field as follows:
ftp://ftp_server:port _number or sftp://sftp_server:port number
If the port number is not specified, port 21 is used for FTP and port 22 is used for SFTP.
After entering access credentials, the folders on the server become available. Click the
appropriate folder on the server.
You can access the server as an anonymous user if the server enables such access. To do
so, click Use anonymous access instead of entering credentials.
According to the original FTP specification, credentials required for access to FTP servers
are transferred through a network as plaintext. This means that the user name and
password can be intercepted by an eavesdropper using a packet sniffer.