From: "Robert Comer" 

> 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.

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.

--
Bob Comer





"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.
>
> 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.
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:45c8876d{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> If you can't restore to new hardware then you just have a copy not a
>>> backup.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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...)
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Geo."  wrote in message
news:45c7fc80$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> If you can't restore to new hardware then you just have a copy not a
>>> backup.
>>>
>>> Geo.
>>>
>>> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
>>> news:45c7dcaa{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> Just that type of backup, where you can restore/re-image
to different
>>>> hardware.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> 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.. 
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5