Question regarding Acronis 2010

[warrax10]

Here is the situation. I run 3 computers on a LAN. The main server died. Fortunatly, I have a back up image on a portable drive using Acronis 2010. Unfortunatly, I can't get a new computer with a similar mother board so simply restoring from the image is out of the question. There is alot of old programs and data on the hard drove that I need and can't replace. The old HD on the server is fine but the MB is shot. So my question is:

Is there a way to restore the image on a new computer (say from a old dell to an new HP)?

If not, is there a way to Restore the programs and the system settings of the network from the image without having to restore the Operating system?

 

[Bubbaleone]

You do not need to have Acronis Universal Restore installed to back up a system. You only need Acronis Universal Restore to restore a system to dissimilar hardware.

Acronis Universal Restore installation files just modifies the existing installation of the Acronis True Image product and adds the Acronis Universal Restore option to the Recovery wizard.

Note that the builds of Acronis True Image product and Acronis Universal Restore add-on should be the same.

Unless the "Acronis 2010" you refer to is one of the following versions, and you have paid for a Universal Restore license option for that version, you aren't going to be able to restore your image to dissimilar hardware:


Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Windows (Standalone)
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Linux (Standalone)
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server - Small Business Server Edition
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Workstation
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Workstation (Standalone)
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server - Virtual Edition
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Online Backup


Consider this though: If your backup image is a bit for bit clone and you saved it with it's "system signature" (bootable image), connect the portable drive to the new computer, run the Acronis rescue CD to create and format a partition on the new computer hard drive, then clone the backup image to that new partition.

At this point you'll have a Windows operating system on the new hard drive. However, since it has no hardware abstraction layer hence no controllers installed, you'll now have to run a Windows repair installation which will install the correct HAL, controllers, and drivers to make the installation bootable on the new computer hardware.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Norton Ghost FTW.