From: "Glenn Meadows" 

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.

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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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> Bob Comer
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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"  wrote in message
>> news:45c7dcaa{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> Just that type of backup, where you can restore/re-image to different
>>> hardware.
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>>> Glenn M.
>>> "Geo."  wrote in message
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>>>> which is just a nice way of saying pay more if you want
the backup to
>>>> actually work.. 
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