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Original
system
Target hardware
Platform: BIOS
Target disk <2 TB
Platform: BIOS
Target disk >2 TB
Platform: UEFI
Target disk <2 TB
Platform: UEFI
Target disk >2 TB
UEFI
OS:
convertible
+
The target disk will be
initialized as MBR.
The recovered disk
OS will be
automatically
converted to support
BIOS booting.
Note: If you want to
recover the source
disk “as is”:
1. Turn on the UEFI
mode in BIOS.
2. Boot from a
bootable media,
and perform the
recovery.
+
The target disk will be
initialized as MBR.
The recovered disk OS
will be automatically
converted to support
BIOS booting.
Limitation: only 2 TB of
the disk space will be
available for use.
+
The source disk will be
recovered without any
modification.
+
The source disk will be
recovered without any
modification.
UEFI
OS: non-
convertible
+/-
The target disk will be
initialized as the
source one (GPT).
Additional steps
1. Turn on the UEFI
mode in BIOS.
2. Boot from a
bootable media,
and perform the
recovery.
Possible issue
If target machine
does not support
UEFI, the system will
not boot after
recovery.
+/-
The target disk will be
initialized as the source
one (GPT).
Additional steps
1. Turn on the UEFI
mode in BIOS.
2. Boot from a
bootable media,
and perform the
recovery.
Possible issue
If target machine does
not support UEFI, the
system will not boot
after recovery.
+
The source disk will be
recovered without any
modification.
+
The source disk will be
recovered without any
modification.
* In most of the current motherboards there is a BIOS compatibility mode. So, if the system does not
find any UEFI boot loader it will try to boot system in BIOS mode.
5.4 Acronis Active Restore
Active Restore is the Acronis proprietary technology that brings a system online immediately after
the system recovery is started.