Catastrophic Failure

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I have hope a simply quetion I have did a complete pc backup on vista
Now I try to restore to a different hardware (IBM to Dell and I get a
Catastrophic Failure is this because it a different hardware?

If i tryed on similar hardware would work (IBM to IBM ) or does it only work
on the physical hardware that I did this complete backup


Please help Thanks
 
I it probably the differences in the hardware and the fact that Vista is
still beta. What backup program did you use?
 
I used vista complete backup program

So, you think you used on a similar hardware it should work?
 
I used vista backup program and choice complete backup
so, if I use similar hardware should it work?
 
I have never tried that, but I don't it can hurt to try. I have not read
that CompletePC Backup is an optimal migration tool.
 
It is my understanding that CompletePC Backup is only intended to be used to
back up and restore on the same pc, not for migrating/ghosting to another
pc.
 
That's what I thought. WinPE would be overkill for a single box, but would
do the job using ImageX and WIM files. Anyway, there could be some
licensing issues going that route. A ghosting program and running Repair
ought to do it. Just ruminating.
 
Many people dual-booting with XP can use Ghost or some other imaging
software from the XP side, if they really want an image of the Vista system
drive.
 
Good information on Win PE and Wim here:

ImageX and WIM Image Format
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/expert/imagex.mspx

WIM has unique ability to modify the image before installing.

Win PE
http://oem.microsoft.com/script/sites/public/winpe.htm

Windows Step by Step Deployment Guides
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/WindowsVista/library/9e197135-6711-4c20-bfad-fc80fc215130.mspx

Business Desktop Deployment for Windows Vista
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/deploy/bddguid.mspx

CH
 
There was a good TechNet webcast today on Vista imaging for deployment. The
on-demand file should be up shortly.
 
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