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Does Acronis TIH 2011 Require a Formatted Hard Drive?

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This question is based in total ignorance, but I am confused by what the use of the term "image" means with regard to a recovery.

My laptop hard drive failed.. I have an image backup on an external Western Digital Passport. Does that 'image' include the file system information and file allocation data from the old hard drive? Do I need to format and allocate the new hard disk drive (or will Acronis do that from the external backup image)? If I must first format and allocate the new hard drive, does it have to be the same file system (FAT or NTFS) as the drive from which the backup image was made?

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You don't need to format, or partition a disk before recovery. The image contains all the information needed, IF you have included in that backup ALL the partitions that were on that disk, including any hidden partition (like systemreserved, diagnostics, recovery, etc).
If you didn't, you may have some trouble with the startup of your computer upon recovery. You can solve many of these startup issues with a Windows installation DVD.