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Restoring old disk images

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Can I use the ATI2017 Rescue disc to restore ATI2013 images, or do I have to erase them and start over?

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Tom, welcome to these User Forums.

Officially, the answer should be no, as indicated in KB 1689: Backup archive compatibility across different product versions which only shows as far back as ATI 2015.

Unofficially, you should test whether ATIH 2017 can open and read your 2013 images, if it can, then the Rescue Media may be able to restore them if needed to do so.  The KB document above is more a statement of what Acronis has tested for compatibility, not necessarily what will or will not work.

En réponse à par truwrikodrorow…

Thanks for your prompt reply :-)

I thought it might be a case of "try it and see", and I guess my thoughts were correct. I'll give it a try on a spare drive ASA I get my order.

Thank you!

En réponse à par truwrikodrorow…

Got my disc yesterday, and the short answer is, "Yes, you CAN restore ATI2013 images with ATI2017."

Now for the long answer (how I proved it on my system; YMMV):

First I made an image of my current drive with ATI2017 by booting from the DVD and creating the image on my USB back-up drive (I use three different drives, in rotation).

Then, I put an old drive in my PC, booted from the DVD again, and restored an ATI2013 image from 2 months ago to it. After the restore finished, I rebooted the PC, and all was well- the ATI2013 image restored just fine using the ATI2017 DVD.

Then, as a further test, I booted to the ATI2017 DVD again, and restored the new image I had made earlier in the day. That also worked fine, and the PC booted like nothing had ever happened to it. Big smile on my face; everything works as advertised.

Hopefully I won't have to do any restores any time soon, but at least I know it will work if I have to use an older image. The point will be moot in the next month or so when I will have all ATI2017-created images anyhow.

Thanks again for your time and response :-)

Tom, glad to hear positive feedback and that your tests have been successful!