Launch the Acronis software and navigate to the tab. Select Acronis Universal Restore . Step 3: Choose Media Type

The Acronis Universal Restore ISO is a downloadable bootable disk image file. It contains a lightweight, independent operating system environment—typically based on Linux or Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE)—alongside the Acronis Universal Restore utility.

When you boot a target machine using this ISO, it doesn't just copy the data; it performs three critical operations:

The "ISO" refers to the bootable media you create. This CD, DVD, or USB drive contains the Acronis recovery environment and the Universal Restore tools you need to perform the restoration, bypassing the need for a working operating system on the target machine.

Key points:

Do you plan to burn this ISO to a , or run it in a virtual environment ?

: This indicates that the Windows bootloader cannot communicate with the storage drive. Boot back into the Universal Restore ISO and ensure you have applied the correct AHCI or RAID controller drivers.

Map the source partitions to the destination drive on the new computer.

The Acronis Universal Restore ISO has several common use cases: