Restore to Dissimilar Hardware
I purchased Acronis 2010 due in part to the feature described below;
"Restore to Dissimilar Hardware
Restore a computer to dissimilar hardware regardless of make, model, or installed components, or to a virtual machine."
No where in the software have I found anything that addresses this specifically with regards as to how to Restore to Dissimilar Hardware
Would you please let me know how to copy a drive from one machine and have it work on a different machine?
Thank you
W

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You need to use "Universal Restore" which is part of the plus pack (seperate purchase for TIH)
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The other way to do this is to use the free SysPrep from Microsoft.
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That's a good start and I appreciate the information.
Too bad Acronis doesn't seem to make that kind of thing clear.
Thank you RichT and DwnNDrty for your help!!
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Hello all,
I'm sorry for the delay in response in this thread.
Actually, RichT and DwnNDrty have addressed this situation correctly. There are two ways to perform dissimilar hardware recovery with Acronis True Image Home 2010:
1. Using Universal Restore which is a part of Acronis True Image Home Plus Pack
2. Using Sysprep. According to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 298491, "One problem from duplicating an installation of Windows 2000 is that each cloned computer has the same security identifier (SID) and computer name. This may prevent the cloned computers from functioning correctly in a workgroup or a domain. To work around this problem, administrators use the System Preparation Tool (Sysprep.exe) to remove configuration settings that are unique to the computer such as the computer name and SID. The resulting image can then be safely reused for installation on other computers." This issue also exists in Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, and thus computers running those operating systems must be prepared as well.
Please click on appropriate link to get the detailed information about features I listed.
Additionally to this, you are welcome to ask me any other questions concerning Acronis, and I will assist you further.
Thank you.
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