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Universal Restore fails to install drivers - Backup & Recovery 10 Workstation

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I made an image of a Dell OptiPlex GX280 machine. I tried to restore this to a GX270 and a GX260. In both instances, I downloaded the NIC drivers to a network share and pointed Universal Restore to this location during a restore. The drivers are not installed when I reboot into Windows after the restore. I can take those same drivers and put them on a USB drive and install them after the restore. I apparently paid for a part of this product that does not work.

I have spent countless hours with Acronis support via chat, e-mail, and phone. They basically sent me a message this morning saying they give up. They told me that all that Universal Restore will do is put the necessary files in the system32 directory and Windows will detect them there. There are no files in the system32 directory for my NIC that I specified on either the GX260 or GX270 machines.

Anyone else run into persistent problems with Universal Restore or with Acronis support? I ended up hanging up on them yesterday when I was put on hold for 10 minutes with no indication that they were still on the end of the line and I needed to leave for the day to make it to an appointment.

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P.S. I was also sent special ISO images to use to diagnose the problem. These versions were not legible as there were large bars across all of the text on the screen. When I spoke with support yesterday, it took 5 minutes for the person to understand that my screen was not legible.

Hello Todd,

Thank you for using [[http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/ | Acronis Corporate Products]]

Please see this article on how to change the screen resolution. This solution can be applied to the corporate version also.

Thank you.

Oleg,

Your article links to a page that applies to the Home versions, not the corporate version. Acronis support sent me special ISO images to help solve my problem, which is still unresolved. Yesterday's suggestion resulted in a blue screen with no restore. After 3 weeks of dealing with incompetent support, I may soon be receiving a refund for Universal Restore since it does not work.

I will never be making another Acronis purchase and will inform others to do the same.

Hello Todd,

Thank you for your response.

The article can also be applied to the corporate versions. Sorry, I should have mentioned it earlier. The corporate and the home versions of ISOLINUX CD use the same loader and they are of the same Linux kernel.

I will create request to the appropriate person, the article content should be changed.

Thank you.