ATI 2019 Backup - new PC
Hello,
I downloaded the ATI 2019 trial yesterday as my PC was acting very slow intermittently over the last couple of weeks. I saw posts in this forum re: Virus software and that may be my issue as this occurred after an update. I use Norton and if that is not the best solution, I would appreciate advice.
In any case, on the old PC I have online backup (Backblaze) and have copied documents and files to an external HDD manually up to now simply because there is so little on the PC. The HP PC is decidedly a budget one which I purchased to run Quickbooks and Quicken for my clients along with MS Office etc and I decided to upgrade to an Acer SSD which I may add an additional SSD to at a later date. I've primarily been a Mac user with SuperDuper daily backups for that SSD and several attached externals. My assets (photos, videos, OTA antenna and recording software) are all on my Mac. The PC is for business only.
After running my first ATI backup yesterday for 191GB to an external (very fast) my HP crashed and I was unable to open any programs. After hours of trying to get it to work rebooting, etc. I closed the lid and today everything is fine and faster too. Go figure.
I spent several hours reading the forums last night and am very impressed with the knowledge displayed by users who are not getting paid! Much nicer people on the helping side than the Apple forums for sure. I am not an under the hood PC type - but I strongly believe in the 3-2-1 theory espoused by Acronis so I will purchase in order to schedule daily backups for my new Acer PC.
So I have the one backup which I was able to fully validate today. I agree 1000% that I should do a backup of the new Acer PC which I just received so that I can always revert back to it if things go wrong. Happily with the HP working today I can do other actions before proceeding. I'm in no hurry having several computers to use as I learn.
1) Should I clone? HP is 1TB HDD, Acer is 256 SSD. Reading about all the tools to run I felt a bit out of my element and saw varying opinions on cloning to dissimilar PC's.
2) Should I use my backup, and/or do another? And how would that work, using a backup to update the new one? I have Windows 10 on both machines and am happy to do a bit of work like re-installing programs but it would be great to just push a button and have everything on the new machine but reading all the posts, I know that may not be ideal. My older MBA is easy to reboot into the external, run High Sierra from there, test it out, and then copy the external using SuperDuper to the Macintosh HD. I don't suppose ATI works like that, but I do need some hand holding here.
3) Every time I open the Acronis trial on the old PC I get a Windows screen saying Do I want Acronis to change my PC. Is this normal behavior? I tweeted a picture of this out to Acronis yesterday but have not heard back (maybe not a good way to ask a question but I hadn't discovered this forum at that point and hadn't crashed).
I'm sure I will have many questions about setting up the new PC as well as later on, installing a second SSD into the Acer using Acronis. If you guys think Acronis is not the right product for me, please let me know.
In the meantime, thank you for any advice and help at this early stage.
Take care,
Karen


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I would agree with Steve on this. No need to replace a clean new Windows install with one that is older and from a different PC unless you have not other choice. Just add the apps you need and import your wanted files from the HP machine and you should be good to go.
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I agree too.
However if you do want to still have it a shot...
1) take an offline full disk image of the old HP as is
2) take an offline full disk image of the new Acer as is
These will be safety nets for returning in case things go bad. Ideally, if possible to replace the original Acer drive with a new one, that would be even better since you could always just pop in the original drive if things got really bad.
That said, you could then restore the HP backup to the Acer and see how it goes. If bit are Windows 10 and both are home or both are Pro, license activation should be no issue for the OS. Applications could be another story.
And, if the old system is legacy, but the new system is UEFI, you may need to tinker with the bios. Bios firmware and options are the hardest part of migrating systems these days because there is no standard and UEFI has brought a lot of additional new features like secureboot and or specific settings for legacy and uefi support. It's all doable, but this takes the simplicity out of migrating an OS to just the software needed to do it, and transfers some extra hands on to users that didn't exist when it was just legacy bios out there.
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Hi,
Thanks for all the replies. I purchased ATI for 3 computers and am doing regular backups. That's the easy part. I had been leaning towards just reloading my programs onto the new SSD Acer and then I would separate data from programs and put the data on an external, leaving the smaller SSD of 256GB with the programs like I do with the MacBook. At a later date, I will install a second 1TB SSD on the Acer, but no need to complicate things right now.
My question at this point is:What is the best way to move my data to the new machine/external? Should I use ATI? If ATI, how do I proceed? Use the Desktop app, ATI on the web? the .tbi files? A cable? Copy and paste?
Thanks in advance for any ideas. In the meantime, I am able to use both PC's and do regular ATI backups on both. And, of course, the HP is not acting up at the moment!
Thanks again,
Karen
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What is the best way to move my data to the new machine/external? Should I use ATI? If ATI, how do I proceed? Use the Desktop app, ATI on the web? the .tbi files? A cable? Copy and paste?
The answer here really depends on the volume and size of data that needs to be moved or copied?
You could simply put all your data in a Cloud type storage drive such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box etc, then install the same Cloud application on the new Acer system, this way you would be able to keep both systems in sync with each other.
If you are considering using an external drive, then perhaps think about buying a NAS device with extra built-in protection using RAID for your data, assuming that you are working in a static location and don't need to move the Acer around different locations and need access to the data.
ATI 2019 also includes a Sync feature that could be used for this type of data management too.
Making a full backup of your critical data using ATI 2019 using either a Disk backup or else a Files & Folders backup will provide you with insurance against any of the key risk points such as disk failure, virus / ransomware, fire, theft etc, assuming you follow best practice of 3-2-1 backups and have backups stored offsite / disconnected from any computer system.
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