Restore a folder backup to a new PC
Update: this pretty much answers my question: https://forum.acronis.com/forum/acronis-true-image-2018-forum/restore-new-computer
This doesn't seem to be the `dissimilar system` KB article, as I don't want to restore the entire system.
The backups on PC1 (old PC) are generally folder backups of various VMWare Workstation virtual machines. When I install Acronis BU on PC2 (new PC), I see and can successfully restore all my Acronis Cloud backups. I don't see the VM backups, which were backed up to a local external drive.
The only thing I can think to do is copy the VM folders to this external drive, and then recopy to PC2. These are about 100 GB so copying is slow. Not a huge problem as it just goes in the background. Wanted to make sure I'm not missing something.


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I don't see the VM backups, which were backed up to a local external drive.
The cloud backups get added to the console automatically. If you want to see existing backups from an external drive, you need to have the USB attached and then use the "add existing backup" option to import them into the console on the second pc.
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