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2013 Acronis (installing a new hard drive) can I use a back up to reinstall ?

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Hi,
My laptop HD is on the way out and Dell will be replacing it soon. Once I get my laptop back can I just pop in my acronis boot disc and install my back up on the new HD???

Also since the issue w/ my hd is hard ware issue and my laptop is still running would I be able to back that up and use that on my new HD? Or should I use one of my earlier back ups that I did prior to the HD issue?

TIA,
J

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John,
If the hardware is failing, there is no way to know if you can create a new back up successfully. I'd start by backing up and critical data , docs, pictures, etc first. Now you can try to create a new disk image back up. If successful, try validating it. If this is successful, there is a good chance you can use it to recover your repaired laptop from. If not, you always have the older back up to revert from giving you a head start than starting from complete scratch.

If you want to be extra safe, make a back up of the new factory image from Dell before restoring any of your previous back ups.