My 100Gb laptop drive is getting crowded and I am going to upgrade to a 250. Previously with my desktop, I used Acronis to do a full backup to a USB drive, made a bootable CD rom with USB drivers, replaced the existing drive with the 250, and booted up from the CD. At that point I was able to do a full restore from the USB connected drive and have had zero problems. I would like to follow the same procedure with my laptop and wondered if anyone has followed this procedure with success. Is Acronis 10 compatable with Vista? TIA
> Is Acronis 10 compatable with Vista? YES 100% ! It supports most robust operating system to date. -- RameshKumar MVP RAMESH KUMAR Microsoft MVP: 'My MVP Profile' (https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Ramesh.Kumar) My Blog: 'It's My Windows' (http://itsmywindows.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RameshKumar MVP's Profile: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://winvistaclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20761
You really want TrueImage HOME 11 (latest version please). Version 10 had a few issues as far as I can remember. Also, just do a disk copy (clone disk - in disk utilities) from your present hard drive to the new drive. Then swap out the drives. Vista will find the new drive and you will likely have to reboot. From there it should be OK. -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "George W. Barrowcliff" wrote in message news:%23gXBV5SCJHA.1628@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > My 100Gb laptop drive is getting crowded and I am going to upgrade to a > 250. > > Previously with my desktop, I used Acronis to do a full backup to a USB > drive, made a bootable CD rom with USB drivers, replaced the existing > drive with the 250, and booted up from the CD. At that point I was able > to do a full restore from the USB connected drive and have had zero > problems. > > I would like to follow the same procedure with my laptop and wondered if > anyone has followed this procedure with success. Is Acronis 10 compatable > with Vista? > > TIA
George W. Barrowcliff wrote: > My 100Gb laptop drive is getting crowded and I am going to upgrade to a > 250. > > Previously with my desktop, I used Acronis to do a full backup to a USB > drive, made a bootable CD rom with USB drivers, replaced the existing > drive with the 250, and booted up from the CD. At that point I was able > to do a full restore from the USB connected drive and have had zero > problems. > > I would like to follow the same procedure with my laptop and wondered if > anyone has followed this procedure with success. Is Acronis 10 > compatable with Vista? > > TIA There are those of us who had bad experiences with Acronis 11 on Vista. Do your homework and choose wisely. -- Dave T. You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito, Emporer of Japan
Acronis 10 works fine for this, as long as you use the last update. The original release had a few issues. My Acronis is Build 4942. I haven't looked lately so there may or may not be a later one, but this is fine for Vista. -- "George W. Barrowcliff" wrote in message news:%23gXBV5SCJHA.1628@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > My 100Gb laptop drive is getting crowded and I am going to upgrade to a > 250. > > Previously with my desktop, I used Acronis to do a full backup to a USB > drive, made a bootable CD rom with USB drivers, replaced the existing > drive with the 250, and booted up from the CD. At that point I was able > to do a full restore from the USB connected drive and have had zero > problems. > > I would like to follow the same procedure with my laptop and wondered if > anyone has followed this procedure with success. Is Acronis 10 compatable > with Vista? > > TIA
