Backing up to a new machine Make sure the Acronis version is the same on the machine you're backing up and the new machine Using an external hard drive Add bootable media in default setting Create another bootable media Select the drive you want to back up and the new drive Once the new drive is done use the bootable media to start it up Select the hard drive you want to data from the external drive to Once its done, manually reboot it if it doesn't reboot for you If you get a black screen with a blinking cursor your master boot record (MBR) is corrupt The MBR is helps your computer boot your version of the operating system (OS) Insert an installation disc for your OS version and enter recovery mode recover MBR and if the option exist, also the boot file Reboot again and it should work, if it doesn't then insert the installation disc again and enter recovery mode Reinstall the OS and the download should recognize that you already have the same existing OS on your desktop It will ask you to recover/fix the installed OS and accept Once it finishes recovering/fixing the installed OS your desktop should not boot | 
