[RESOLVED] Vista system image
Hello all,
My company is slowly migrating to Vista Business from XP Pro. That is, any new computers we buy will have Vista Bussiness (instead of downgrading to XP Pro as we had been doing in the past). Since the PC's for each particular order we place always have the same make/model/specs, and what I've done in the past with XP Pro is to set up and configure 1 PC then create an Acronis image off of it to use on the rest.
My question is, will this approach still work on Vista? I've heard that Vista will refuse to run if it sees that the HDD serial numbers don't match (which is the case when using the image from 1 computer and load it in another HDD). Is it true?
Just need your opinions on this.
Thank you.
Re: [RESOLVED] Vista system image
Actually, Acronis True Image version 10 does work for creating a Vista image and restoring it to another HDD, but it requires an additional step after the restore for Vista to run on with the new HDD. Once done restoring the image to the new HHD, boot up the computer. When it crashes, put in the Vista installation DVD and reboot to the DVD as if you're installing Vista. Then choose repair option instead. Once the repair is done, the new HDD should be ready to rock and roll.
Using version 2009 of Acronis True Image will eliminate this additional step.
Re: [RESOLVED] Vista system image
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Originally Posted by stanav
Actually, Acronis True Image version 10 does work for creating a Vista image and restoring it to another HDD, but it requires an additional step after the restore for Vista to run on with the new HDD. Once done restoring the image to the new HHD, boot up the computer. When it crashes, put in the Vista installation DVD and reboot to the DVD as if you're installing Vista. Then choose repair option instead. Once the repair is done, the new HDD should be ready to rock and roll.
Using version 2009 of Acronis True Image will eliminate this additional step.
Acronis 10 backs up the contents of the hard drive.
The boot loader is usually written onto the Master Boot record, though.
(This is what is being fixed by the Vista repair option).
It seems that Acronis True Image 2009 also backs up the MBR.