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    From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 23 08:43:44 2023
    I need to make a new bootable thumbdrive for Acronis True Image, the old
    one just died.

    Using Rufus 3.22 on Win 10 I am only offered the option UEFI (NON CSM) for
    the thumb drive which says it will only boot to UEFI. I need MBR as it is
    a legacy machine but can't find out which version of Rufus I need.

    Anybody give me a steer please? I am happy to look at alternatives to
    Rufus but it must boot a legacy/MBR machine.

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    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    All things being equal, fat people use more soap

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  • From Pent@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Wed Apr 26 08:44:37 2023
    On 23/04/2023 09:43, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I need to make a new bootable thumbdrive for Acronis True Image, the old
    one just died.

    Using Rufus 3.22 on Win 10 I am only offered the option UEFI (NON CSM)
    for the thumb drive which says it will only boot to UEFI. I need MBR as
    it is a legacy machine but can't find out which version of Rufus I need.

    Anybody give me a steer please? I am happy to look at alternatives to
    Rufus but it must boot a legacy/MBR machine.


    Ventoy.

    https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

    If you have the bootable Acronis ISO image just install Ventoy on the thumbdrive and copy whatever ISO you want to the drive, Ventoy will boot
    it, no need to 'install'.

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to Pent on Wed Apr 26 09:53:28 2023
    On 26/04/2023 in message <u2akp5$19ueb$[email protected]> Pent wrote:

    On 23/04/2023 09:43, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I need to make a new bootable thumbdrive for Acronis True Image, the old >>one just died.

    Using Rufus 3.22 on Win 10 I am only offered the option UEFI (NON CSM)
    for the thumb drive which says it will only boot to UEFI. I need MBR as
    it is a legacy machine but can't find out which version of Rufus I need.

    Anybody give me a steer please? I am happy to look at alternatives to
    Rufus but it must boot a legacy/MBR machine.


    Ventoy.

    https://www.ventoy.net/en/index.html

    If you have the bootable Acronis ISO image just install Ventoy on the >thumbdrive and copy whatever ISO you want to the drive, Ventoy will boot
    it, no need to 'install'.

    Many thanks :-)

    I have Ventoy set up but it seems to need UEFI to boot, I may have set it
    up incorrectly.

    I got this sorted in the end and managed to boot to Acronis then
    discovered the image I had was corrupt so I just re-installed Win 10. It's pretty quick nowadays except for having to to re-activate Office which is
    a nuisance.

    Rufus 2.18 seems to be the last version where you can specify MBR but my
    Z620 gave me the option of booting the Thumbdrive in either UEFI or Legacy
    so no problems.

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    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists
    or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.

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