You can restore an image to a new system in 5 easy steps:
- Step 1: Boot your replacement system with the bootable media you created and select recovery in the Acronis® True Image menu
- Step 2: Select the image to restore and the Acronis® Universal Restore option
- Step 3: Acronis® Universal Restore initiates the restore process
- Step 4: Acronis® Universal Restore detects the hardware and installs drivers
- Step 5: The machine reboots

Key features:
- Restore an entire Windows server in minutes after any unforeseen event
- Acronis Universal Restore - restore to different hardware or to a virtual server
- Backup image encryption
- Multi-volume snapshots - Permits you to back up data located on multiple volumes
- Convert image files to VMDK or VHD for instant virtualization
- Dynamic disk support
- Wider hardware compatibility, including SAS drives support
- Improved Scheduling and Notifications
- Mount images in read/write mode and apply changes directly
- Boot from an image using Acronis® Active Restore
- Enhanced database support
- Automatic image verification
- Differential backups - Decrease the number of backups you manage
- File- and folder-based backups
- Exclude files from backups
- Windows Event Log and SNMP support
- Custom scripts before/after backups
- Throttling to control hard disk write speed and network bandwidth usage
- Create CDs with bootable images, PXE packages, and bootable recovery media ISOs