Creating Acronis Bootable Media on a USB Flash Drive

(!) This is not applicable to Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Build 11639 or higher
These instructions apply to:

Insert your flash drive;
Hit Win-R and type cmd to open a command-line;
Type diskpart to run Windows DiskPart utility:
Type list disk to list all disks attached to the machine:
Type select disk [number] to select your flash drive:
Type clean to remove any formatting from the selected disk:
Type create partition primary:
Type select partition 1 to select the only partition, which you now have on the flash drive:
Type active to mark the partition as active:
Type format fs=fat32 to format the disk in FAT32 (otherwise the drive will not be bootable):
Type assign to assign a drive letter:
Type exit to exit Windows DiskPart utility:
Run your Acronis product;
Pick Tools -> Create Bootable Rescue Media;
Follow all steps of the wizard and select your USB flash drive as media.