Best methodology for moving to Windows7 x64 on machine with Vista/TI 2010 with backups on NAS
Hello Acronis experts:
I have a machine that runs Vista now and has Acronis TI Home 2010 installed. I run backups of that to a ReadyNAS drive. I want to update the machine with Windows7 Pro 64bit. As such, I'll do a clean install onto the C: drive and re-install programs.
I have backed up my User My Documents folder and Desktop to Acronis 2010 archives on the NAS. Also, I have my User area SEPARATE from the C: drive - on a D: drive that I intend NOT to disturb. In any case, I also have a copy on a clone of the existing drive too...
QUESTION: What is best methodology?
May I upgrade to Windows7 on the C: partition and then install Acronis TI 2011 (which I just purchased a few days ago but have NOT installed on the Vista machine), and then use it to restore the Desktop and My Documents? (or perhaps do a full backup of my User/ME folder first?)
Will Acronis 2011 read the backup archives created by 2010? Will it restore oK from my NAS?
My understanding is that I cannot run 2010 on the Windows7 x64 machine...
Any help or suggestions appreciated to make this transition as smooth as possible.
Thanks!
Jake

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Hi,
Thanks for the advice. I had already decided to do a fresh install and re-install programs. My question was not so much related to the OS as to the use of Acronis to restore things like "My Documents" etc. I think I was under a mistaken impression that Acronis 2010 will NOT run under Windows7 64. But my Acronis 2010 documentation says that it supports "Windows 7" (32 or 64 or both?!)
Since I can install OS and programs on one partition (C:) and all of my user stuff is on another partition (D:), I may not need any restore capability at all. But I was wondering if I install Acronis 2011 on the new system drive, will it be able to handle the backups created by Acronis 2010 on my old system.
Thanks,
Jake
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Sorry for the confusion. If you want to resotre non sys/non app files, it should not be a prob. You can relatively easily.
You can mount an image from within win explorer (right click on the tib and select Mount) and copy the files from the image to the desired target location. Or you can jsut double-click on the tib and it should open up in explorer as if it was a read only disk -- and again you can copy from the one to the other. These two methods are pretty much the same and fastest if you only have a few things to specify for copying.
Or you can boot up the bootce and select to resotre then select the image file and select to restore specified idrectories/files, then specify the (new) target location
Or you can start such a restore task from ati wthin win but it will reboot so you might as well just use the boot CD.
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