Now you can start the computer and work with your system restored to the new hardware.Īcronis Universal Restore is a tool that allows changing Windows Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL.dll) and install mass storage boot device drivers into the system.

After recovery, start your new computer once again and use Universal Restore to make the restored system bootable on the new hardware.

Connect Acronis Bootable Media to your computer and restart the computer.

You need this media to restore from your backup and apply Universal Restore afterwards to make your old system bootable on new hardware.

Validate the backup you want to restore from.Restore to dissimilar hardware procedure: This may be useful, for example, after replacing a failed motherboard or when deciding to migrate the system from one computer to another.

Restoring to dissimilar hardware is not available on Mac (neither for OS X, nor for the Bootcamp partition).Īcronis Universal Restore is a free tool available for Acronis customers, which allows you to make the old system bootable on new hardware.

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