Recover data onto new hardware

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A friend of mine had her laptop stolen over the weekend. However I JUST did a full TrueImage backup like a week ago. Whew!

We are going to get her another laptop, but it will no doubt be a different PC (brand and model). So how can I best go about restoring her data/applications?

I would assume that since the hardware will be different, that I cant do a full restore of the entire disk. Right?

As much as it would be convenient to restore her apps, I would think that this would be impossible for the same reason as above: different hardware. Correct?

So, if I just want to restore her data (or better yet her entire user account), is that possible?

I have never done such a partial recovery with TrueImage (only full restorations in the past), so is this hard to do? A standard option in the program?

What do I do, install TrueImage on the NEW PC, then connect my backup hard disk and do a restore that way?

lun 04/04/2011 - 15:30
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I just did this using TI 2011 with Universal Restore from the Plus Pack. I restored an image from a laptop to a desktop. I booted from the recovery CD, selected the C: (OS) partition (not the whole disk) to restore, resized it to the new disc size, leaving the suggested space in front as is. The original backup had 3 partitions which included some recovery partitions, etc. and I didn't want those on the new hardware so I left them out. I also didn't want that MBR so I didn't restore it but let TI put in it's own generic MBR. It worked just fine and the computer booted right up. After starting up it went through a lot of "found new hardware" things and loaded drivers. It found most stuff okay but I had to load a few myself. One or two were also found by Windows Update the first time it ran.

I did not provide any drivers for Universal Restore (unchecked both boxes) and let TI dig through the Windows folder on the backup to find what it needed.

I had to reactivate Windows after the restore too, which worked fine. I suspect though that this could be an issue in some cases with OEM licenses on different hardware but I don't know that for sure. Just speculating.

I would suggest getting a full disc image of your new system prior to restoring the old in case that doesn't work and you need to go back to it.

My programs all worked just fine. Printers worked too. All good. I did have to uninstall a couple of programs that were looking for specific hardware (webcam) but it all went quite well. This was my first experienc with Universal Restore and I'm impressed.

Good luck.

lun 04/04/2011 - 18:28
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David,

As Peregrine suggested you could purchase the Plus Pack and use Universal Restore. This would allow you to restore your entire system. If it doesn't work, your fall back position will be to restore only the content files.

Do the restore from the bootable CD in either case. You will be able to restore her user account. I would not restore the hidden App Data folder as a whole but only selected folders after you have installed the corresponding app (Apple iTunes library, WMP library, email settings and folders can be found in this folder)

mer 06/04/2011 - 03:58
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