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?Procedure/Tips/Gotchas before I TEST recovery of entire system from a ATI2019 Full backup which has been "validated"?

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I want to be prepared to a failure of "Windows 10" to load and the successful recovery using an ATI2019 Full backup.

On a "sandbox" laptop, I'd like to test a procedure to recover the entire contents of its single disk with one partition containing "Windows 10" and ATI2019.

(Prior to the test, I'll create and "validate" a Full backup with ATI2019, including Survival Kit, as well as a System Image backup and Repair Disc with the "Window 7/10" backup software available in "Settings".)

Before proceeding with "the Restore", I'd appreciate any procedure, tips, or cautionary "gotchas" related to: (1.) "trashing" the installed copy of "Windows 10" with ATI2019 uninstalled, (2.) restoring the "trashed" disk, and (3.) testing the restoration on this "sandbox" laptop.

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Jim, the key points to make for your request are as follows:

  1. Make more than one Full Disk & Partitions backup of your test laptop, preferably on more than one drive.
  2. Create & test using the Acronis Survival Kit and also an Acronis Rescue USB stick, ensuring that you understand how to boot this in the same BIOS mode as used by your Windows OS on the laptop (i.e. both booted in UEFI or both in Legacy mode).
  3. Please understand that the first action of any Disk recovery will be to wipe the target drive, so there is no need to 'trash' anything in preparation for recovery,
  4. When doing the recovery, select the top Disk tick box which will select all partitions etc shown below this.  Doing this will recover the disk without needing you to reconfigure or confirm the settings of individual partitions.

See KB 59877: Acronis True Image: how to distinguish between UEFI and Legacy BIOS boot modes of Acronis Bootable Media and forum topic: [How to] recover an entire disk backup

Note: if you have a spare laptop disk drive then swap it in and recover to the spare drive for testing, which will save time and give you a working spare if needed.

Thanks!

I'll read the boot mode and recovery links, too.

I'll report back after the testing.