What does Universal Restore do differently than TIH?

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I see that NewEgg has Acronis Universal Restore for sale at a discount. I also see that if I already have TIH registered, I can just d/l the UR program.

Here's the question: Does this program allow me to use an image of my current system and put that image on a system with entirely different hardware? IE: Different MB, BIOS, HDD, Sound card etc.

I can't understand how this would work if that's what it does. It would mean that I could have more than one machine with a registered copy of Win 7 on it, or even Acronis!

Somehow I don't think this is possible, where am I going wrong in my thinking?

Happy New Year and thanks to all who respond.

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Do, 01/01/2015 - 14:25
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Greetings,
UR does indeed allow you to restore a disk image to dissimilar hardware. However, your success and ability to do this can be influenced by several factors. Please spend a little time reading more about UR, and what's needed for success. In reality, the less things that are different the better.

Regarding having the same copy of windows on two different systems. A disk image, even if successfully restored to dissimilar hardware will trigger a windows reactivation request, and this is where you will NOT be able to reactivate easily or automatically. Given the number of devices that will have "changed" your install WILL prompt for reactivation and you'll find yourself having to call Redmond. A change of 3 or more items within a 90 day period is what normally triggers a windows reactivation request. In the case of this type of restore.... everything will be different and windows won't like that. You will also need to transfer your Acronis license to the new machine. This is an automated process once the new system is booting and you can get on line.

Below are my personal observations on UR.

UR is a great feature and can be a real time saver. I usually recommend that the system you are restoring to be as similar to the original hardware as possible. While windows is resilient, sometimes even it is not able to overcome a high number of hardware changes introduced to it such as when you try moving it to a different hardware platform. At the very least, you should plan on having both the storage controller drivers and chipset drivers for the new hardware during the UR operation. UR does two things with them, one, it provides the driver your new hardware needs to correctly identify the boot device and two, it over-writes the registry with this information.

Other thoughts:
I personally would perform a "clean" install of windows if I planned to move to a new system. Time consuming sure, but you know what you are getting and OS integrity is confirmed. I'm not trying to dissuade you from using UR, just want you to enter with reasonable expectations.

Some caveats, and things I would avoid:
-Don't expect to go from a RAID, to non-RAID disk configuration or vice-versa
-Going from 32 to 64 bit capable hardware might introduce other problems. You can't change the version of the OS
-You may need to uninstall/reinstall or re-activate some of your installed programs in order for them to work

There is no way anyone can say with certainty if UR will work for you. Since you are only using an image, it doesn't sound like your old computer and data will be at risk. If you are successful or have issues, we would appreciate hearing about them, or learning of your success. This is helpful to others and of course allows the entire community to offer help if you run into a problem.

Do, 01/01/2015 - 15:28
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