From: "Glenn Meadows" 

True.

Have you tried it, or just looked at it at this point?

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Glenn M.
"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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>> Sounds like a variation of the Image Prep option, where you could create
>> a custom loadable image, that would run thru the detect phase during
>> first boot after the drive is imaged.
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> The idea is kind of the same but it goes about the job differently.  Image
> prepping also messes with things like computer name and membership too,
> and you don't want that on a real restore.
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> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> news:45c8a4cd$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Sounds like a variation of the Image Prep option, where you could create
>> a custom loadable image, that would run thru the detect phase during
>> first boot after the drive is imaged.
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>> Like the tool OEM's can use to have a semi standard image, include the
>> specific drivers for all their hardware, and then when the machine is
>> first turned on, it detects what system it's on, and installs
>> appropriately.
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>> Glenn M.
>> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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>>>> If you can't restore to new hardware then you just have a copy not a
>>>> backup.
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>>> That's exactly what all the backup software I've seen does. The problem
>>> is not the backup software, it's the way Windows works that's the
>>> problem.
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>>> The Acronis Universal restore basically wipes out all knowledge of what
>>> the previous hardware was and forces it to redetect, that's quite a bit
>>> more complex than just image backup/restore. (I think you can add
>>> drivers too, but I'm not sure, and it still isn't universal restore if
>>> it doesn't...)
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>>> "Geo."  wrote in message
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>>>> If you can't restore to new hardware then you just have a copy not a
>>>> backup.
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>>>> Geo.
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>>>> "Glenn Meadows" 
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>>>>> Just that type of backup, where you can
restore/re-image to different
>>>>> hardware.
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>>>>> Glenn M.
>>>>> "Geo."  wrote in message
>>>>> news:45c7cd40$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> which is just a nice way of saying pay more if you
want the backup to
>>>>>> actually work.. 
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