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Restore to dissimilar hardware fails

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I'm new to True Image and purchased it and the plus pack for the ability to restore to dissimilar hardware.

I'm trying to restore my disk backup to a new system motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V with Intel i5 2500 CPU, and 1tb Western Digital SATA 3 hard drive. The backup is a Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit system.

I point the restore to the drivers required - chipset, SATA, etc. At the end of the restore I get the error that it cannot find the driver where I tell it it is. The driver is identified as:

VEN_8086&DEV_1C26&SUBSYS_844D1043&REV_05'

I Google the above and learn it refers to "Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller - 1C26"

If I don't point restore to any drivers and restore I get an additional error for a driver it cannot find but needs:

VEN_197B&DEV_2362&SUBSYS_84601043&REV_10
(Google says it's JMicron JMB36X Controller, Windows 7 64 bit)

I have discovered that folder for the JMB36X folder, and other drivers folders, contain a file called "TXTSETUP.OEM". The folder for the chipset drivers does not have a "TXTSETUP.OEM".

Does Acronis's dissimilar restore require drivers have a "TXTSETUP.OEM" file in order to restore properly? Any workarounds?

Any help any can offer would be much apreciated!

(Attached is the driver folder in question, freely available from Intel)

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Yes, the drivers have to be in the OEM/INF format to be handled by Acronis. Sometimes you can find the files directly in the new computer system folder.

The folders I pointed the restorer to does contain *.inf files but no *.oem file.

I nearly have a new install completely reloaded with all my data and software. I'm somewhat disappointed that the Acronis software didn't "restore to dissimilar hardware" but am still happy with my purchase as backups and restores are rather quick.

Pat: Are you suggesting that after installing a new Windows 7 and drivers, then copying \System32 somewhere, then pointing restore to the \System32 copy may work?

Yes, this is something to try. At the end of the day, this is the ultimate driver catalog. The only problem is that sometimes ATI doesn't like when similar drivers are available in the same folder (it doesn't know which flavor to choose)