Universal Deploy Dell Optiplex 3050 to Dell Optiplex 7020
I created an image of a Dell Optiplex 3050 with Acronis snap deploy 5 and was hoping to deploy the image to a Dell optiplex 7020 using Universal deploy. I have the Optiplex 7020 CAB files from Dell on a flash drive and the CAB is unzipped. Every time I try to deploy the image the Optoplex never boots up. The other question is What drivers do I need to get this machine to boot? Here is the name of the CAB file that I got off of Dell's website
7020-WIN10-A04-KXG7W.CAB. Also, I am running this booting in to the Acronis boot media and using Stand Alone deploy
The Dell Optiplex was created using Online imaging and I am trying to deploy the image using Stand-Alone deploy.
The Dell Optiplex 3050 is Windows 10 64-Bit but the Dell Optiplex 7020 had Windows 7 downgrade and was 32-Bit
I have injected all network,video,chip set drivers using the Files-To-Transfer before I get to the using Universal Deploy.
In the Universal deploy settings I have pointed to the .CAB folder that I got from Dell and extracted all the INF, SYS files .
Thanks for all the help


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Thanks Bobbo_3C0X1 for you reply. The 7020 did come with Windows 7 64-bit. Thanks for the info on the UEFI and legacy mode. Question: Since the 7020 uses BIOS and not UEFI when I deploy the image from the Dell 3050 and before I boot into the stand alone mode on the Dell 7020 should I select legacy BOIS to boot into?
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Michael Houser wrote:Question: Since the 7020 uses BIOS and not UEFI when I deploy the image from the Dell 3050 and before I boot into the stand alone mode on the Dell 7020 should I select legacy BOIS to boot into?
Kind of tricky - the answer is, it depends.
It is possible to deploy legacy to legacy, UEFI to UEFI, and in some cases, legacy to UEFI. But, you can never go back from UEFI to legacy (well, and not be bootable). And to go from legacy to UEFI, the bios has to support it and be configured properly so there is a bit of user involvement that has to be handled outside of Acronis. If all is configured in the bios correctly, it should be do-able though.
So, is the original backup.tib of a UEFI system? If so, then you should still be able to go into the Dell bios on the new one and switch to UEFI mode first.
https://forum.acronis.com/sites/default/files/comment_attachments/2016/07/378318-132055.jpg
Then boot the rescue media in UEFI mode so when the image is deployed, it creates the correct GPT and EFI layout and the bios will already be ready for it.
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When deploying the image to the 7020 I didn't re-enable UEFI, I think that is where my problem was. Apparently the 7020 do have a UEFI BIOS? I think that is the case because looking at the BIOS screen on a 7020 with out an OS its is a GUI type BIOS. It seems strange that UEFI and BIOS seem to co-exist because I read the UEFI was going to take the place of BIOS.
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Yup, most modern systems support UEFI and legacy. However they are configured by the manufacturer based on the OS type and hardware installed. Pretty much every Dell I've touched in the last 7 years is UEFI and legacy capable.
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