Can I restore backups made in XP to Vista?

[housepiglet]

I've been using ADD for a few months now to make regular data backups. Yesterday I bought a new computer. Sod's law being what it is, something horrible happened to the old computer last night, frying the motherboard. I'm now wondering whether I can restore my XP backups to the new computer. The main reason I'm unsure is that when I searched on the net last night I couldn't see any evidence that there's a Disk Director for home use with Vista. My own copy (on disk) doesn't mention Vista.

This is a nightmare. Can anyone please help, even if it's just to tell me that I'm totally ****ed?

Many thanks for any assistance.???

[housepiglet]

Doh... apologies for stupid question. In my panic I became confused about what I was using for what! It's actually GenieSoft that I was using to make the daily backups.

Still, though, it would be good to know whether I can use ADD with this new Vista computer.:P

[MudCrab]

It depends on the computer's hardware. You'd have to try it and see.

DD 10 (build 4,942, currently the latest) generally works well in Vista. However, when booted to the DD CD using the Full Mode version, DD runs in Linux and may or may not have the necessary drivers for your new computer. The Safe Mode version uses the computer's BIOS to access devices and may work if the Full Mode version doesn't.

[housepiglet]

Thank you. I thought it wasn't compatible at all. I'll install, then, and see how I get on.

I appreciate your help :)

[MudCrab]

When you install DD in Vista, make sure to right-click on the installation file and select to run it as an administrator. It may not install correctly if this isn't done.

[housepiglet]

Ahaa... it could be that's what I did wrong! (It's going to take me a while to get to grips with Vista, I can see...)

I installed it and then rebooted, but when I tried to run it I got the "you don't have sufficient privileges" message. I then ran from the icon as an admin, but a split second later I got the blue screen of death. It was rather chilling, really, on a new computer *g*. When I got back into Windows I tried to uninstall it via Add/Remove Progs (for some reason, now renamed to something totally unintuitive) and the computer took ages to shut down once I'd finished. It then couldn't start windows, and did some sort of cunning fix from within DOS (or at least it looked like DOS to me) using System Restore. When I finally got back in I did a System Restore to the point at which I installed it, hoping that would get rid of it.

I concluded in view of what you said earlier about success/failure being dependent upon my hardware that it just wouldn't work on my PC. Now I'm wondering whether I should try again, but running the installation as an admin, as you've suggested.

I've already discovered that the built-in Vista 'disk management' tools for partitioning are very limited, so I would like to be able to buy a product that can help me do the job. It's a pity if that can't be this one, because it did a sterling job on my old XP computer.

Thanks again for your help. I've provided this further info just in case it's of interest to you :)

[MudCrab]

You could try using the Acronis Cleanup Utility (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1236031&postcount=12) to remove DD 10 from your computer. It may help before trying to reinstall.

[Aeridyne]

-{ Quote: "It depends on the computer's hardware. You'd have to try it and see.

DD 10 (build 4,942, currently the latest) generally works well in Vista. However, when booted to the DD CD using the Full Mode version, DD runs in Linux and may or may not have the necessary drivers for your new computer. The Safe Mode version uses the computer's BIOS to access devices and may work if the Full Mode version doesn't." }-

Do you know if the same is true for other products as well and which ones?
(Full and Safe mode - using linux drivers for full mode or bios for safe mode)

[MudCrab]

-{ Quote: "Do you know if the same is true for other products as well and which ones?
(Full and Safe mode - using linux drivers for full mode or bios for safe mode)" }-
As far as I know, all the Acronis "Full" versions are Linux-based and use Linux drivers. All the "Safe" versions are DOS-based and use DOS drivers and the BIOS to access the hardware.