Download an ISO image from the Acronis website, burn it to a CD/DVD, and issue a special command to get the proper screen resolution
This article applies to:
- Acronis Software
Symptoms
- You boot from Acronis Bootable Media;
- When booted, the Graphical User Interface (GUI) is garbled or of low resolution.
Cause
Acronis Bootable Media of Acronis True Image Home failed to correctly detect the video card.
Solution
- Hit F11 when booted from Acronis Bootable Media (on the selection screen) and in the command-line window enter the following:
vga=ask
- This will give a list of all available graphic modes:
- Type in the one that suits you best and hit Enter;
- After you boot into the '#' prompt please issue the /bin/product command to start the GUI.
More information
Once you know the video mode that suits best, next time you boot you can enter the mode's ID instead of vga=ask. This will boot straight into the selected mode.
For example
vga=0x31A
Here is a quick resolution value reference table:
Screen Resolution | |||||
640x480 | 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x1024 | ||
Color Quality | 256 | 0x301 | 0x303 | 0x305 | 0x307 |
32k | 0x310 | 0x313 | 0x316 | 0x319 | |
64k | 0x311 | 0x314 | 0x317 | 0x31A | |
16M | 0x312 | 0x315 | 0x318 | 0x31B | |
Command value |
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As workaround, you can use a WinPE media.