Universal Restore is not available in the free Acronis True Image (now Cyber Protect Home Office). It requires a paid Acronis Cyber Backup or Cyber Protect license.
| Symptom | Likely cause | Solution | |---------|--------------|----------| | BSOD 0x0000007B | No storage driver for destination disk controller | Rebuild ISO with correct drivers (use driverquery / pnputil on running destination OS to identify needed drivers) | | BSOD 0x0000007E (Windows) | Incompatible HAL (e.g., UP vs MP) | During restore, check "Use HAL for all computers" or manually select correct HAL in Universal Restore options | | Restore succeeds but boots to black screen | Video driver or UEFI vs BIOS mismatch | Ensure boot mode (UEFI/BIOS) matches original backup. Convert with mbr2gpt or restore with partition alignment | | Linux kernel panic (VFS: Unable to mount root fs) | initrd lacks new storage driver | In Universal Restore options for Linux, select "Rebuild initrd" and "Include all available drivers" | | Network not working after P2V | VM network driver missing | Boot into safe mode with networking, install VMware/Hyper-V tools | acronis universal restore iso
If critical business hardware fails, you do not need to waste time sourcing the exact same computer model. You can deploy the backup to any available spare machine and minimize costly downtime. Step 1: Prerequisites for Creating the ISO Universal Restore is not available in the free
Keep in mind that you may need to purchase Acronis Universal Restore or have an existing license to use this feature. Convert with mbr2gpt or restore with partition alignment
Browse to the location of your backup file ( .tib / .tibx ), which could be on an external hard drive or a network share.
| Hardware type | Where to find | |---------------|----------------| | Intel RST (RAID) | Intel website – extract .inf files | | NVMe drives | Windows 10/11 inbox driver (usually works) | | Server RAID (Dell PERC, HP SmartArray) | Vendor’s driver package (Windows Server version) | | VMware VM | Use VMware VMXNET3 + LSI Logic SAS driver | | Hyper-V Gen2 | Use inbox drivers |