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When you try to create the boot media displays a error message
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Отсутствует файл драйвера c:\windows\inf\lsi_sss.sys

added the driver from c:\windows

The funny thing is, he is c:\winsows\system32\drivers, but in another place. Question - what to do?

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When you create the Universal Restore media there is no need to add any device drivers from the system where the media is being created.  You only need to add drivers for a different system where you will be restoring a backup image to which requires the use of Universal Restore.

Adding all the drivers from your current C:\Windows\Inf folder will give errors and is unnecessary.

Steve Smith wrote:

When you create the Universal Restore media there is no need to add any device drivers from the system where the media is being created.  You only need to add drivers for a different system where you will be restoring a backup image to which requires the use of Universal Restore.

Adding all the drivers from your current C:\Windows\Inf folder will give errors and is unnecessary.

Unless the SATA mode in the bios is "RAID"... then you should include the SATA controller drives - in most cases, using the IRST (intel rapid storage technologies) would be sufficient. If the SATA mode is IDE or AHCI, then there is no need to add any additional drivers with Universal restore.

Thank you all for the answers. But I absolutely do not understand as on the latest versions of universal restore. Created a bootable USB flash drive, loaded. Point OS is not active, the OK button is not active the same. And what to do? But still need to choose the image from which to restore. As you have done in earlier versions. First select the image, and then, if need be. check the box "use universal restore". Everything is simple, clear and understandable! Now.... In General, prompt please sequence of actions when restoring an image on another hardware with universal restore.

Sorry, but you are making a basic mistake in trying to use Universal Restore before you have done a normal restore of your backup image using the Acronis bootable Rescue Media.

The sequence should be as follows:

1. Create the normal Acronis Rescue Media (on USB stick or CD/DVD)
2. Boot from the Rescue Media with your backup drive connected.
3. Restore the backup image from the backup drive to the new system hard drive.
4. Shutdown
5. Boot from the Acronis Universal Restore USB stick and use this to prepare the restored OS to work on the new system hardware.
6. Shutdown, disconnect the backup drive if still attached.
7. Boot into Windows normally and activate as needed.

A couple of things... just because you can restore an image to any computer does not necessarily mean it will be bootable on another machine.

1) Both machines must support the same type of disk scheme.. and be configured in the bios to be the same. For instance, I have an older HP netbook DM1Z that is strictly a legacy bios. I also have an ASUS T200 Transformer which is strictly a UEFI bios. Therefore, I can never take an image from my ASUS T200 and restore it to the HP and I can never take the image from my HP and restore it to the ASUS T200 - they are incompatible at the bios level.

2) Assuming your new machine is both UEFI and Legacy capable, it needs to be set to allow the same type of booting as the old system. Let's assume the old system was Legacy (I don't know if it was or not). Chances are that a new computer is configured to be UEFI by default with legacy (CSM) disabled by default. If your bios supports it, you would need to ensure that legacy/CSM mode is enabled in the bios. You also need to ensure that secure boot is disabled for now.

3) the SATA mode of the bios on the old system must match on the new system. So, let's assume the old system had the SATA mode set as AHCI. On the new system, the SATA mode needs to be set as AHCI too. If the old system was IDE and the new system does not have an option for IDE, this could be a problem. Bottom line, they need to be the same AHCI=AHCI or RAID = RAID or IDE = IDE.

4) Assuming the bios is all setup and compatible between the 2 systems, then you need to make sure that you boot the Acronis bootable recovery media to match how the original OS was installed (assuming your new system is capable of legacy/CSM and UEFI). How you boot the recovery media, determines how Acronis will try to restore it to the new machine. If the old system was UEFI, but you boot the recovery media in Legacy mode, Acronis will try to convert the image to legacy mode. You can never go from UEFI to Legacy. In some cases, you can go from legacy to UEFI, but better to not even try that until you've able to restore in the same manner the image was originally created with. Hopefully this thread will give you a little more help on checking how you've booted the recovery media and what to look out for on your new system. Every bios is different though so it's just a guide. https://forum.acronis.com/forum/121829#comment-378318

5) Assuming bios is good, image restored in the correct mode, go into your bios and make sure to check the boot priority. You may need to move the boot priority to the #1 spot or the bios may be trying to boot something else like the DVD player, a USB drive or another internal drive that does not have the OS.

6) Once you get here, if the system doesn't boot or you get a BSOD, then you may need Universal Restore. Make sure to to boot it in the correct manner, like you did with your recovery media before (UEFI if you have a UEFI system that was restored or a Legacy if you restored a legacy system). Then run UR without adding any drivers. When it's done, remove the bootable recover media and try to boot again. If your SATA mode is set to RAID, then you will need to include the RAID controller drivers with Universal restore - that's really the only time you need to add any with Universal Restore. Otherwise, if using AHCI mode, you won't need to worry about this.

So, yes, Acronis supports moving a system from one type of hardware to another, but it's not point in click - mostly because of the differences in bios types now that UEFI is more mainstream than it was only a couple of years ago.

Oh, and if your OS was OEM (like the version of Windows that came with your old HP or Dell) and you're planning on transferring that to your new system, most likely it won't license correctly. Only boxed (purchased licenses are transferable to other hardware). Windows 10 is a lot better at thsi though if both systems were previously registered with the same version (like Windows 10 Home). Any other OS that is "OEM" you'll probably have problems licensing.

Thanks for your feedback and glad to hear that this worked for you.