Bootable disc and restore HDD to dissimilar hardware

Thread needs solution
truwrikodrorowrelupicugojestutroclulachosaswunuhospikigawakijosaswenomaruclojeueclikaspedrubewidebrisubrohutrurifruuagothunugekedrumucisiuobrobrecrupeslapuswosluprothethibakaslechurathikucli
Beginner
Posts: 2
Comments: 2

I have looked the documentation regarding this but a full explanation doesn't appear to be given.

I have the 2010 Plus Pack installed.

I want to clone my HDD with the main Acronis True Image Home (2010), store it off-site, and then boot up that disc on dissimilar hardware in the case of destruction of my main computer at work.

My questions are:

1. Is the cloned disc ok for the restoration on the dissimilar hardware?

2. How do I create a bootable disc that will allow me to restore onto the new hardware? - I have had a look in Home Plus and it has an option for WinPE and another option, which I don't understand. Will a boot disc created in the main True Image Home software be sufficient to do this restoration onto new hardware?

Using Windows 7 Home Premium as the OS.

Thu, 03/10/2011 - 03:04
0 Users found this helpful
truwrikodrorowrelupicugojestutroclulachosaswunuhospikigawakijosaswenomaruclojeueclikaspedrubewidebrisubrohutrurifruuagothunugekedrumucisiuobrobrecrupeslapuswosluprothethibakaslechurathikucli
Forum Star
Posts: 27
Comments: 1940

Will a boot disc created in the main True Image Home software be sufficient to do this restoration onto new hardware?

Yes, but similar to a WinPE disk, not in the scenario you describe. You have to make a partition backup (at least system (usually C:) and 100 mb Reserved if present), store it, and when you get new hardware, boot from the CD and restore the backup onto new system specifying drivers. You can't apply Universal Restore process to the existing cloned disk.

Well, even in case of cloned disk, you can install in in the new system, back up it using the same boot cd to some storage, and immediately restore it (probably better on some other disk) applying Universal Restore.

Thu, 03/10/2011 - 05:53