However, this can be easily fixed by using dissimilar hardware restore technology - Acronis Universal Restore. These devices are boot-critical and the system will not boot without the proper drivers.Ĭonsequently, if you create an image on one machine and try to recover it to another system with dissimilar boot-critical devices, the boot may fail since the drivers do not match. However, when it comes to the CPU, motherboard, or your HDD controller, the driver must match because the system needs these drivers to boot. Forums > Archived Forums > Closed Sub-Forums > Archive of Acronis Support Forums > Acronis True Image Product Line > RESTORE IMG TO different HARDWARE Discussion in ' Acronis True Image Product Line ' started by demoneye. You can reinstall the drivers when the system loads. How to backup your computer using Acronis True Image - YouTube 0:00 / 38:13 Introduction How to backup your computer using Acronis True Image CareyHolzman 379K subscribers 20K views 2 years ago. When the operating system boots, it only loads the drivers needed for your exact hardware.įor some devices, such as graphic cards or sound devices, changing the hardware is not an issue. and configures the operating system accordingly by installing the appropriate drivers. Using Universal Restore which is a part of Acronis True Image Home Plus Pack 2. When you install an operating system, the installer analyzes your hardware - your CPU, motherboard, HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) controller, network, graphic card, etc. There are two ways to perform dissimilar hardware recovery with Acronis True Image Home 2010: 1. ![]() ![]() Alan: You have to have the Acronis Universal Restore installed before you actually make the backup Stephen: Actually, you do not. However if redeploying across multiple devices, sysprep is the way to go (if you do not have Redeploy capability) and it is free as well of course. If you try to recover an entire disk image to a new system that has dissimilar hardware, it may fail to boot. The Acronis Universal Restore module for Acronis True Image allows you to actually take that image and make it transportable to any other hardware set. For a one change of hardware, it is barely necessary to sysprep any more, and even if any issues arise, most can be resolved from device manager.
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