Image from XP HD to a 98 HD- Can this be done

[brachd]

I have been informed on a news group that if I do a complete image of my Xp PC to my other PC which has 98 runing it will not be successful and I must use my other PC with XP running.
Is this correct?
As I see it, a complete image of my XP PC will be stored on the other PC as a complete image so can be restored as that image. How 98 affects it I can't imagine.
???

[Acronis Support]

Hello brachd,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/).

Please accept my apologies for the delay with the response.

I'm afraid that it is still a little bit unclear to me what exactly do you want to perform.

However, I can see only two possibilities available here:

1. You want to transfer your operating system to another PC.

If that's the case then please take a look at the basic scheme of transferring the operating system to a different hardware:

- Prepare your Windows for transferring using Microsoft System Preparation Tool (sysprep) as it is described in this FAQ article (http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/faq.html#17);

- Create an image of the prepared Windows;

- Restore this image to the desired location;

- Try to boot as usual;

- If it does not boot then please do the following (depending of the operating system you use):

- Boot the computer from Windows 95/98/ME Startup Disk and run "fdisk /mbr" command;

- Boot the computer from Windows 2000/XP Installation CD and run "fixmbr" command in Recovery Console;

- In case it still does not boot, perform Windows Repair Installation as it is described in Acronis Help Post (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=55317).

Please be aware that we do not guarantee the successful transferring of your operating system to a different hardware. Actually, no one can guarantee this.

2. You want to store an image of a Windows XP computer on a Windows 98 machine.

If that's the case then please feel free to do so, since images are ordinary files and can be stored on any local or network hard drives independanlty of what operating system this particular machine is running.

If you have any further questions please feel free to ask.

Thank you.
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Alexey Popov