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Windows 8 Secure Boot proves problems for Acronis True Image


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Customers attempting to restore PCs using Acronis True Image 2013 are being blocked by Windows 8's Secure Boot facility - even though the software is sold as fully Windows 8 compatible.

Secure Boot is a new anti-rootkit feature introduced with Windows 8, which is designed to prevent the PC from booting an unrecognised operating system. However, it has the unfortunate side effect of also blocking Linux-based recovery environments, such as Acronis' Start Up manager.

Attempts to boot from a recovery image are met with the warning message: "Selected boot image did not authenticate. Press 'Enter' to continue."

Customers attempting to restore PCs using Acronis True Image 2013 are being blocked by Windows 8's Secure Boot facility - even though the software is sold as fully Windows 8 compatible.

Nevertheless, the company sells compatibility with Windows 8 as one of the core new features of Acronis True Image 2013 on its website. It makes no mention of having to disable a core security feature in the UEFI BIOS to perform a system recovery.

@ http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/379315/windows-8-secure-boot-snags-acronis-true-image

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Posted on 18 Jan 2013 at 14:19

Old news. Thread closed. ;)

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