Acronis Startup Recovery Manager is a self-booting version of Acronis True Image. Acronis Startup Recovery Manager allows you to start Acronis True Image without loading the operating system. If the operating system cannot boot for any reason, you can use the standalone Acronis True Image program to repair damaged disk partitions. Unlike booting from Acronis bootable media, you do not need any additional media or a network connection to start Acronis True Image.
How to use Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
This feature can be enabled in two ways:
1.In the program while Windows is running
1) Install Acronis True Image
2) Start it and click the ‘Tools’ tab in the left menu
3) At the bottom, open ‘All tools’ and start Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
4) Click the ‘Activate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager’ button to enable the feature
2.Using Acronis bootable media (Rescue Media)
1) Boot from the Acronis media
2) Click the ‘Tools’ tab
3) ‘Acronis Startup Recovery Manager’ will be displayed there
4) Click it to activate the feature
You can deactivate it in the same ways.
When Acronis Startup Recovery Manager is activated, it replaces the Master Boot Record (MBR) with its own boot code. If you have any third-party boot managers installed, you will need to reactivate them after enabling Startup Recovery Manager. In the case of Linux boot loaders (such as LiLo and GRUB), you may want to consider installing them to the boot record of the Linux root (or boot) partition instead of the MBR before activating Acronis Startup Recovery Manager.
If a failure occurs, turn off the computer and, as soon as you see the message “Press F11 to start Acronis Startup Recovery Manager,” press the F11 key. This will start the standalone version of Acronis True Image Home, which differs only slightly from the Windows version. You can also run Acronis True Image outside the operating system using Acronis boot media (bootable media).