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migrate Win 0 hd imabe to new computer running Win 11

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I am using ATI 2018 to backup my Win 10 laptop and now need to migrate to a new PC that is running Win 11.  Two possibilities, 1) can I reinstall the tib file on top of the Win 11 PC, accepting that Win 11 will not be the operating system  or 2) mount the tib file as a separate drive and transfer files, but don't know if can do that with the programs or need to reinstall the programs separately.    Thanks for time and advice 

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Ben, if you choose to restore your backup from the Win 10 laptop on your new Win 11 PC then you may need to find any new device drivers that are needed by the new PC that didn't exist on the old laptop, plus you will need to reactivate Windows on the PC - ideally you should have the same version of Windows on both computers to allow for the new hardware to be reactivated using the license that came with the new PC (after upgrading from Win 10 to 11).

The downside to migrating the old OS to the new PC is that you will bring across all the accumulated 'dross' from the old laptop along with the installed programs etc.

If you choose the second option of copying your user files and data from the old laptop drive then that is fine but you cannot do this for installed programs / applications - the latter have to be reinstalled and any licenses reactivated (as would also be the case for the first option too).

See KB 65413: Acronis True Image 2021: Restoring to dissimilar hardware with Acronis Universal Restore and in particular review Steps 4 and 5 of this document.

Also KB 2149: Acronis Universal Restore

KB 36187: Windows activation required after restore with Acronis Universal Restore, cloning or converting backup to virtual machine

KB 45432: Acronis Software: Troubleshooting Universal Restore and Bootability Issues

KB 46405: Acronis True Image: Restored Operating System Fails to Boot

KB 19296: Acronis products cannot be used to transfer applications to different system or upgrade OS