The official Acronis website offers:

Clone your disk while the system is still running, which is ideal for upgrading to a larger or faster drive. Universal Restore:

: From the bootable interface, you can perform disk cloning, full image backups, and individual file restoration. Important Considerations

The 2021 version introduced real-time protection, on-demand antivirus scans, and web filtering. Active Disk Cloning:

Technicians performing data migration on client machines prefer tools that do not alter the host system’s registry. A true portable tool allows them to work cleanly.