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OK. I back up with Acronis to an external disc. I plan to set up Acronis on the new computer. How will the Acronis on the new computer find the backup files?

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Hello Douglas, if you connect your external disk drive to the new computer (with Acronis installed) then you should be able to use either Windows Explorer to look 'into' your backup image files, or else you can open them from with ATIH itself by adding the backups on the external drive to the task list.

Note: You cannot transfer applications or programs to the new computer using ATIH. 
See KB Document: 19296: Acronis Products Cannot Be Used to Transfer Applications to Different System or Upgrade OS

Douglas, the task list is simply the list of your backup tasks in the left side panel of the ATIH GUI - see screen shot attached from my system.  To add in an existing backup, click on the (V) at the bottom and take the option for this.

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Thanks Steve. That's very helpful. My new PC arrives today so i suspect I may be seeking your help again!

OK Steve. I download acronis 2015hd - is that the same as 2015? - it asks me for serial number. I put in product key checked in my account and it says this is incorrect. Now I'm stuck!