later

Postpone the reboot until a user restarts the system manually. The option is used with the /reboot option in the following operations that require a reboot: recovering locked files, creating/deleting Acronis Secure Zone on a system disk, cloning a system disk.

Reboot the machine before the operation (if required) or after the operation is completed.

Use this option when performing the following operations that require a reboot: recovering locked files, creating/deleting Acronis Secure Zone on a system disk, cloning a system disk. The machine will be rebooted automatically. To postpone the operation until a user reboots the system manually, add the /later option. With this option, the operation will be performed after the user initiates a reboot.

The /reboot option can be used with operations that do not necessarily require a reboot. Examples of such operations are: recovery under bootable media, recovering files that are not locked by the operating system, archives validation, and most types of backup. In those cases a reboot will be performed after the operation is completed. The /later option is not necessary.

The following table summarizes the software behavior with and without the /reboot and /later options.

 

Reboot is necessary

Reboot is not required

/reboot /later

Reboot before operation (postponed)

Reboot after operation

/reboot

Reboot before operation

Reboot after operation

no option

No reboot, operation fails

No reboot, operation succeeds

later