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Hi there... new user here...

I'm trying to transfer an existing bootable hard drive to another computer and have it be the boot drive there.

I used Acronis to make a clone of the drive onto another hard drive I had. That process seemed to work ok, but when mounted in the new machine it is not recognized. I tried to configure it in the bios setup but it does not get recognized, and when mounted in the old machine as boot drive it says "boot system not found".

What am I missing?

Thanks

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Hello Peter, welcome to the forum!

Let me clarify this situation for you.

This situation depends on the operating system you're trying to transfer and Acronis product you use for that purpose.

Acronis True Image Home can restore the image from one computer to another only if both computers have absolutely identical hardware configuration. If hardware configuration of your computers is different, we recommend you to use Acronis Backup & Recovery with Acronis Universal Restore option. With this option you will be able to restore one image to computers with dissimilar hardware.

Also note that exact version of Backup & Recovery 10 you should choose depends on your operating system. So I would be grateful if you provide me with the exact version of your OS.

I'd like to make sure all your queries regarding Acronis products are resolved.
Additionally to this, you are welcome to ask me any other questions concerning Acronis, and I will assist you further.

We are looking forward to hearing back from you at your earliest convenience.

Thank you.