Comments on: Restoring an image to different hardware http://www.techforlunch.com/restoring-an-image-to-different-hardware/ Technology News, Reviews and Articles Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:16:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Pascal Roy http://www.techforlunch.com/restoring-an-image-to-different-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Pascal Roy Fri, 22 May 2009 20:14:57 +0000 http://www.techforlunch.com/restoring-an-image-to-different-hardware/#comment-375 Yes, Acronis True Image is a very easy tool to use.. Just like Ghost and the like, you can boot from a recovery CD and to the work and there is also the possibilty of installing it in Windows for "on-the-fly" imaging. That could be a better solution for your DR project. Yes, you could burn all your drivers to a CD and then point Acronis to that source, no problem. Acronis has very different pricing depending on the version you choose. I recommend you go to their website at www.acronis.com and find the product that fits your needs the best. Depending on your OS and the type of work you want to do, some versions may not be applicable. In your case, I suspect that Acronis True Image Echo Workstation would be a good fit, for 83$ and the Universal Restore Module for 36$. You should download a <strong>trial version</strong> to see if everything is as you expect! Yes, Acronis True Image is a very easy tool to use.. Just like Ghost and the like, you can boot from a recovery CD and to the work and there is also the possibilty of installing it in Windows for “on-the-fly” imaging. That could be a better solution for your DR project.

Yes, you could burn all your drivers to a CD and then point Acronis to that source, no problem.

Acronis has very different pricing depending on the version you choose. I recommend you go to their website at http://www.acronis.com and find the product that fits your needs the best. Depending on your OS and the type of work you want to do, some versions may not be applicable. In your case, I suspect that Acronis True Image Echo Workstation would be a good fit, for 83$ and the Universal Restore Module for 36$. You should download a trial version to see if everything is as you expect!

]]> By: Matt Herbert http://www.techforlunch.com/restoring-an-image-to-different-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Matt Herbert Thu, 21 May 2009 09:10:05 +0000 http://www.techforlunch.com/restoring-an-image-to-different-hardware/#comment-374 Hi Sounds like a very good solution. I've not personally used Acronis before. Is it very simple to use like Norton Ghost or similar? I would like to use a similar solution for my home pc at home. Downside is most desktops from shops come with an operating system pre-installed. I suspect I will need to buy a tower that has no operating system on it and then restore my old desktop data to the new one. You mention something about all the drivers - could I simply put all my drivers on to a CD and then during the restore when Acronis asks for drivers simply insert the CD and point to it to tell Acronis that is where they are? Importantly how much is Acronis to buy? If all goes well at home I may think about using Acronis for my work network too for disaster recovery etc. Thank you very much for any help and information. Hi

Sounds like a very good solution. I’ve not personally used Acronis before. Is it very simple to use like Norton Ghost or similar? I would like to use a similar solution for my home pc at home. Downside is most desktops from shops come with an operating system pre-installed. I suspect I will need to buy a tower that has no operating system on it and then restore my old desktop data to the new one. You mention something about all the drivers – could I simply put all my drivers on to a CD and then during the restore when Acronis asks for drivers simply insert the CD and point to it to tell Acronis that is where they are? Importantly how much is Acronis to buy? If all goes well at home I may think about using Acronis for my work network too for disaster recovery etc.

Thank you very much for any help and information.

]]> By: Pascal Roy http://www.techforlunch.com/restoring-an-image-to-different-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Pascal Roy Wed, 20 May 2009 17:32:57 +0000 http://www.techforlunch.com/restoring-an-image-to-different-hardware/#comment-373 To get the drivers, I had simply built the new machine using the same OS that needed to be migrated. In my case, I built the machine with a Windows Server 2003, got all the drivers from the internet (it was an HP Server, so I got them from hp.com). Once everything was running ok and the drivers were installed properly, I used a tool called Double Driver - http://www.boozet.org/dd.htm - to backup all the drivers. I moved the drivers to a second partition that I had created previously. When the restore began and Acronis started asking for drivers, I pointed it to the double driver folders on the second partition and all my drivers were found. I had to do this a few times to get them all. The blue screen issue only happened on the first boot. the server automatically rebooted and everything was fine after that. I didn't call anyone for support, but I would probably try calling Acronis first, because Microsoft will most likely just tell you to install from scratch. To get the drivers, I had simply built the new machine using the same OS that needed to be migrated. In my case, I built the machine with a Windows Server 2003, got all the drivers from the internet (it was an HP Server, so I got them from hp.com). Once everything was running ok and the drivers were installed properly, I used a tool called Double Driver – http://www.boozet.org/dd.htm – to backup all the drivers. I moved the drivers to a second partition that I had created previously.

When the restore began and Acronis started asking for drivers, I pointed it to the double driver folders on the second partition and all my drivers were found. I had to do this a few times to get them all.

The blue screen issue only happened on the first boot. the server automatically rebooted and everything was fine after that.

I didn’t call anyone for support, but I would probably try calling Acronis first, because Microsoft will most likely just tell you to install from scratch.

]]> By: jhughes http://www.techforlunch.com/restoring-an-image-to-different-hardware/comment-page-1/#comment-372 jhughes Wed, 20 May 2009 16:24:55 +0000 http://www.techforlunch.com/restoring-an-image-to-different-hardware/#comment-372 So details please on how/where you got the drivers and how you solved the blue screen issues. Also who did you call for support, Acronis? Microsoft? So details please on how/where you got the drivers and how you solved the blue screen issues. Also who did you call for support, Acronis? Microsoft?

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