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Restoring on dissimilar hardware through network

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we are having an issue, currently created backup on NAS through Acronis 11, when i tried to restore backup on dissimilar hardware through network, Acronis not showing option to use Universal restore, where as if i copy all backup files to USB hardisk and tried to restore on different machine showing Universal option

kindly explain can't we restore backup on different machine through network?

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It may be the following case - ( http://www.acronis.com/support/documentation/ABR11/#11519.html )
If the software cannot detect whether an operating system is present in the backup, it suggests using Universal Restore on the off-chance of the system presence. These cases are as follows: ...

Additional to the vault locations listed in the userguide, some USB hard disks are treated 'removable' media and thus UR option is shown anyway, even if OS in archive can't be detected.