WinPE requires more time and effort to build, but once created, it not only supports all kinds of computers where Windows could be installed (default WinPE media, covered by this guide), but also allows various customizations of the bootable environment (WinPE customization is out of the scope of this article): Read more about its latest version at Microsoft website. WinPE stands for Windows Preinstallation Environment. See instructions at on how to create the default Linux-based bootable media. Linux-based bootable media is easier and faster to create, compared to WinPE, but may not work properly with some hardware: local disks/RAID/network card might not be detected, the visual picture might be distorted, the environment might stop responding or crash in rare cases. Differences between default (Linux-based) and WinPE-based mediasĪcronis bootable media can be based either on a Linux operating system (the default choice) or WinPE. There are other functions that bootable media can perform: disk cloning, offline system imaging and others. system migration, when you need to restore your system from an image file (backup) to a new hardware ('bare metal').recovering purposes, when a disaster strikes and you are not able to boot your computer and launch Acronis True Image in Windows.General information about Acronis bootable rescue mediaĪcronis bootable rescue media is a bootable CD, DVD, USB flash drive or ISO image, used mainly for: Acronis True Image 2019: how to create bootable media.

Acronis True Image 2018: how to create bootable media.The resulting media will have the default set of drivers from the installed ADK/AIK.įor more recent versions of Acronis True Image see: Note that this guide does not cover any WinPE customizations, like adding custom drivers, startup scripts etc. This article describes how to create a WinPE-based bootable media with Acronis True Image 2017 in Windows. To skip the introduction part and jump over to the step-by-step instructions, click here.

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