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How to extracting the drivers of a running OS to be used by AUR?

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Hello everyone;
I'm beginner in Acronis. I have an old PC with Windows XP SP3 with an HDD connected by IDE cable. I made an image of it by Acronis True Image 2014 Premium. I restored this image to another complete new PC with an HDD connected by SATA cable. But it was not successful and the windows XP doesn't boot. I used again Acronis, this time I checked the box "Universal Restore". But in last steps of restore process, following warning window appeared:
File 'isapnp.sys', that is required for installation of device 'PCI standard ISA bridge (ID: (Standard system devices))' in Microsoft Window XP Professional, cannot be found.
In continue, also other warnings appeared with similar text, but about:
'pci.sys'    'PCI bus (ID: (Standard system devices))'
'atapi.sys'    'Primary IDE Channel (ID: (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers))'
'atapi.sys'    'Secondary IDE Channel (ID: (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers))'
Device driver 'PCI\VEN_1283&DEV_8888&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_03'
Device driver 'PNP0A08'
Device driver 'primary_ide_channel'
Device driver 'secondary_ide_channel'

I have important applications installed on old PC. Therefore I have to use this image. But I don't have the drivers of new hardware.
I used a trick as:
I installed a new fresh XP on new PC (target PC) by the XP installer disk and booted by it. Then I extracted all the drivers by two third party software ("Driver Genius" and "Driver Extractor") in original formats (.sys, .inf , .oem) then I copied containing folders to an USB stick and then I used AUR, and I addressed that USB flash as driver source for Acronis. But unfortunately those Warning messages appeared again and the restored XP doesn't boot!!!!
I found the atapi.sys file in "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers" of just installed fresh XP. Therefore in next try, I copied all the files in two folders of "C:\Windows\Inf" and "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers" and added them to USB flash beside the previous folders. Finally I used AUR by the USB flash as driver source again, but again the warnings appeared!!!
What the drivers are supported by AUR and how could I extract them from a running XP ???

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Hello Mah.

Welcome to the forum!

The following KB should be followed: https://kb.acronis.com/content/47792

Prepare drivers

Before applying Universal Restore to a Windows operating system, make sure that you have the drivers for the new HDD controller and the chipset. These drivers are critical to start the operating system. Use the CD or DVD supplied by the hardware vendor or download the drivers from the vendor’s Web site. The driver files should have the *.inf, *.sys or *.oem extensions. If you download the drivers in the *.exe, *.cab or *.zip format, extract them using a third-party application (e.g. free  7-zip toolor any other).

What if you do not have drivers

Windows 7 includes more drivers than the older Windows operating systems. There is a great chance that Universal Restore finds all necessary drivers in the Windows 7 driver folder. So, you may not necessarily have to specify the external path to the drivers. Nevertheless, performing Universal Restore is critical so the system uses the correct drivers.

You can check this web page with instructions about how to extract the drivers if you don't have them: https://www.tech-faq.com/how-to-backup-windows-xp-drivers.html

Thanks in advance!