Quote 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.