Using current Acronis on new computer?
Right now I have a Dell XPS Gen5 running XP Pro 32 bit. I have a new system coming which will be running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. Is there anything special I have to do to install my Acronis 2012 to the new system? My current system is on it's last legs, and will be "decommissioned" once I have files and folders transfered to the new computer which is in process of being shipped. Let me know if any more information is needed. Thanks.
Since I'm a relative novice, can you describe the procedures for transferring my stuff using a backup?
David,
To clarify, there is no way to transfer your programs. You will have to reinstall them on the new computer.
There are different ways to transfer content from one Computer to another. There are considerations of speed and reliability.
The fastest and most reliable way in my book is to take the disk from the old computer and put it in the new computer, then just copy the content from one disk to another using the OS.
A slower but still reliable way is to backup your old computer, using a file backup (that will allow you to backup only the content folders that you need) to a USB disk, then restore to the new computer. The benefit here is to be able to select a bunch of folders at the same time. In terms of speed, using normal compression should be about the same as a simple file copy. If you have a lot of big compressed file formats (videos, movies, music, photos) then the backup way will be slower than a simple copy to USB and back to the new computer.
Alternatively, you could simply copy the content to the USB disk and not bother with backup software. The downside here is that, if you have plenty of various folders disseminated, you have to pick the folders one by one.
If you have a fast network connection, you could simply move the content over the network.
Finally, instead of using the OS to copy, you could use some software that allows you to verify that the copies are accurate.
Hi,
An alternative method is the use of Windows Easy Transfer, a build in windows program to move files and some user settings to a new computer. But the same restrictions as Pat described are in place e.g. you can not transfer programs. see: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/windows-e…
Regards, Gijs
Thanks for all the help guys. That Easy Transfer using my USB NexStar Dock sounds really ideal for what I want to transfer. Then once I get my new computer set up the way I like, and (re)install the programs, like ATI, that I need, I can begin backing up my new system to ATI 2012.
BTW, this is my new system. Hope it ships tomorrow.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Desktops/HP-Omn…
Found this thread on search, but I still have some questions as it is not exact same situation as me. I have an old PC box running XP that runs Acronis 2013. Current hard disk setup (each drive letter is a distinct physical hard drive):
C: OS and programs/documents
E: Music Library (files on this drive get backed up to F drive with 4 Acronis backup schedules that I have set up)
F: Storage drive for Music Library Acronis backups
I am getting a new PC that will be running W7 with new C-drive. I do not need to transfer any of the old C drive files to the new computer. But I plan to connect the old E and F drives to the new box in a similar manner as before. I understand how to transfer activation to the new computer, but what isn't clear to me is if there are any Acronis backup files on the old C drive that I need to make sure get transferred to the new computer so that I can have seamless functioning of my music library backup schedules? The backups are not images, but rather folder/file based
I went ahead and moved my storage drives to the new computer, made sure they were mapped to the same drive letter, and then installed Acronis 2013. After transferrring my activation, I was prompted to download/install the latest version which I did. When that was completed, I opened up Acronis and I was immediately asked if I wanted Acronis to search for Backups which I said yes. I didn't think anything was happening because Acronis doesn't display the usual hourglass type icon or any prompt that it is searching, waited a little while and clicked on the Backups tab and it only displayed 1 of my backups. I then Imported the backup settings *.zip file from my previous computer, and the old backups showed up in the listing, but they showed up as having never been run. So I went directly to the backup folder in Explorer and right clicked over one of the backup files to look at the options and selected "Validate Backup" which it started doing so I left the computer alone. When I came back an hour later, all of my backups were properly listed and showing the correct most recent backup date.
I'm guessing my import/validate actions probably weren't req'd, and the program was still searching the drives although I wish there would have been a box/window open stating that it was searching for backups and not being done in the background.
I was even able to do a restore action with no issues which I had been unable to do on my XP box with this particular backup.
All in all I'm very happy with the move to the new computer and rather seamless performance of Acronis.
Tim, I'm pleased to hear that it's working well for you.
Check out the many user guides and tutorials in the left margin of this forum, particularly Getting Started and Grover's True Image Guides which are illustrated with step-by-step screenshots.
In particular, 29618: Grover's new backup and restore guides http://forum.acronis.com/forum/29618
There's also a full on-line user manual, and a downloadable user manual.