Acronis9-Restoring the MBR.

Hi gang,
When restoring, the MBR can be checked off to be restored.
Can you tell me when it's to be restored and when it's not to be restored?
Thank you.

 

If you want the computer to be able to boot up after the restore, then the MBR needs to be included. If all you want to do is restore a partition that doesn't include the OS you won't need the MBR.

 

Hi Tom,
Does it mean,in other words, that the MBR is to be ignored if one is restoring a certain number of files instead of restoring the whole HD?
Thank you.

 

Babac... This post is an interesting overview of when to restore and when not to restore the MBR.

 

If you are restoring files only there is no need for a MBR. MBR is only used for a complete disk restore. I suggest you read the users guide http://download.acronis.com/pdf/TrueImage9.0_ug.en.pdf for V9 and http://download.acronis.com/pdf/TrueImage10.0_ug.en.pdf for V10.
Read Chapter 6.

 

Thanks to all of you.