Unless you use the GRUB boot loader and it is installed in the Master Boot Record (MBR), Startup Recovery Manager activation overwrites the MBR with its own boot code. The system disk (or, the /boot partition in Linux) should have at least 100 MB of free space to activate Startup Recovery Manager. What happens when you activate Startup Recovery ManagerĪctivation enables the boot-time prompt "Press F11 for Acronis Startup Recovery Manager…" (if you do not have the GRUB boot loader) or adds the " Startup Recovery Manager" item to GRUB's menu (if you have GRUB).
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Startup Recovery Manager is especially useful for traveling users.
It eliminates the need for a separate media or network connection to start the bootable rescue utility. Startup Recovery Manager is a bootable component residing on the system disk in Windows, or on the /boot partition in Linux and configured to start at boot time on pressing F11.