If you're running Windows Vista / 7, accept the UAC (user control) warning. (The file name looks like this : ABRxx.xS_trial_fr-FR.exe) Installation of 'Acronis Backup & Recovery'ĭownload the trial version of Acronis Backup & Recovery and run the downloaded exe file.

Restoration on the PC 2 (to simulate a hardware change)ġ.

Installation of 'Acronis Backup & Recovery'.

This is also why there is an OVF format that avoids the problem of compatibility. The virtual hardware is different depending on the virtualization solution used, it will simulate a hardware change and therefore motherboard.

simply for example to save the hard disk drive (HDD) in a VirtualBox virtual machine and restore on a VMware virtual machine.

Note : If you want to test this tutorial with a virtualization solution such as VMware, VirtualBox, Virtual PC. This solution is designed to meet the needs of small businesses with limited IT department and where centralized management is not required.

Either ' Acronis True Image' and 'True Image Plus Pack' (no longer existe because it's integrated in True Image)įor this tutorial we will use ' Acronis Backup & Recovery' for 'Universal Restore' is already built there.Īcronis Backup & Recovery solution provides backup disks and files as well as disaster recovery for your desktop or laptop.

Either ' Acronis Backup & Recovery' and 'Universal Restore'.

This functionality is available natively in 'Acronis Backup & Recovery' (if you have the license 'Universal Restore') and 'True Image Plus Pack' which is a component installed in addition to 'True Image' and which is currently graft. To restore a machine on any equipment, such as when changing motherboard, you must use the functionality of Acronis 'Universal Restore'.

Acronis restore to different hardware