Vista - Vista Complete PC Recovery - Different Disks?

I need to recover my computer to a new set of system disks - how can this be
done.

Having performed a complete PC Backup I tested an in place recovery with the
identical disks successfully. I now need to change the disks to a different
configuration.

The old disks had a larger number of volumes and were not in a Raid
configuration. I have only backed up the system volume so the recovery should
only need one volume. All the data volumes were backed up separately. The new
disks are larger than the old disks have no volumes defined and do have a
Raid configuration (but that seems irrelevant can't get it to work
with/without raid). The system hardware has not changed.

Once I select the COMPLETE PC backup set and get to the point of checking
the installation disks/partitions the recovery processes halts complaining of
insufficient recovery volumes/disks.

How can I get around having the exact same set of disks installed?

Many thanks

J

I am confused (happens frequently) why not run Complete PC again?

"Jules" <jules@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
news:E0E179CA-BE9D-47B6-BB7C-1D029A9809A9@microsoft.com...
>I need to recover my computer to a new set of system disks - how can this
>be
> done.
>
> Having performed a complete PC Backup I tested an in place recovery with
> the
> identical disks successfully. I now need to change the disks to a
> different
> configuration.
>
> The old disks had a larger number of volumes and were not in a Raid
> configuration. I have only backed up the system volume so the recovery
> should
> only need one volume. All the data volumes were backed up separately. The
> new
> disks are larger than the old disks have no volumes defined and do have a
> Raid configuration (but that seems irrelevant can't get it to work
> with/without raid). The system hardware has not changed.
>
> Once I select the COMPLETE PC backup set and get to the point of checking
> the installation disks/partitions the recovery processes halts complaining
> of
> insufficient recovery volumes/disks.
>
> How can I get around having the exact same set of disks installed?
>
> Many thanks
>
> J

?

I want to restore the original Complete PC backup to a different set of
larger disks - theory says should be possible but the check routines of the
recovery complain the disks are not identical to the old ones. In fact I only
need to recover 1 VHD to 1 DISK unfortunately it is the system I wish to
recover. Is there a method to rebuild a system boot disk from a VHD?

i.e. Is it possible to bypass/override the physical drive/space checks
during a restore?

Many thanks

"AJR" wrote:

> I am confused (happens frequently) why not run Complete PC again?
>
> "Jules" <jules@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
> news:E0E179CA-BE9D-47B6-BB7C-1D029A9809A9@microsoft.com...
> >I need to recover my computer to a new set of system disks - how can this
> >be
> > done.
> >
> > Having performed a complete PC Backup I tested an in place recovery with
> > the
> > identical disks successfully. I now need to change the disks to a
> > different
> > configuration.
> >
> > The old disks had a larger number of volumes and were not in a Raid
> > configuration. I have only backed up the system volume so the recovery
> > should
> > only need one volume. All the data volumes were backed up separately. The
> > new
> > disks are larger than the old disks have no volumes defined and do have a
> > Raid configuration (but that seems irrelevant can't get it to work
> > with/without raid). The system hardware has not changed.
> >
> > Once I select the COMPLETE PC backup set and get to the point of checking
> > the installation disks/partitions the recovery processes halts complaining
> > of
> > insufficient recovery volumes/disks.
> >
> > How can I get around having the exact same set of disks installed?
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > J
>
>
>