From: "Robert Comer" 

PnP never lived up to that promise.  A lot of the problem is drivers, but
that really doesn't matter, the end effect is the same.

Copy protection is just another level above that that causes other problems.

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Bob Comer


"Geo."  wrote in message
news:45c91ea7$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> This was one of the reasons for separating hardware from apps in the
> registry. However the promise of PnP was that you could use an image
> backup and simply restore to new hardware and it should have just worked.
> Copy protection tends to mess that up though.
>
> Geo.
>
> "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
>
>

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