I have a MB with Intel on-board RAID1. Win7Ultimateis installed there. If I have a hardware failure in the future(Motherboard, etc), will I be able to restore my backup using the Restore CD? Will I be able to restore to different hardware?

Hi Dathon, You can restore your PC back to its original state with a system image DVD, so long as you don't change the main hardware (hard driver, graphic card, motherboard, CPU), while its better to make a backup system image on a DVD. Once the computercrushdue tosome hardware,and you change the mainhardware with the same model, you would be able torestore the system with the recovery image you made. If wechange the hardware with another model, wemay not able to start thecomputer.I hope this can help you!Thanks!John Zhu

Hi Dathon, You can find the answer from the following link. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.09.backup.aspx Since Complete PC Backup includes an image of the entire computer, some restrictions apply when restoring to different hardware. First, the backup image contains drivers that are used to boot to the machine after the restore completes. In rare cases, the drivers needed to boot on the new machine might not be present. This might happen when restoring an image backup taken on one type of disk controller (IDE, SATA, or SCSI) to another type of disk controller. Even in this case, there is still a good chance you can complete the restore successfully, because the common Windows drivers included in the image backup would likely be compatible. Second, the restore can only be performed if the new computer has at least the same number of hard drives and each hard drive is at least as big as the original it replaced. Keep these restrictions in mind if you intend to use Complete PC Backup for migrating to new hardware. If the hardware is not replaced, use the System Image to restore the system is a good idea. For more information about Backup and restore in Windows 7, I suggest you refer to the following link. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Back-up-and-restore-frequently-asked-questions Arthur Li - MSFT

i've learnt that a universal restore feature is able to transfer system to new or different hardware without reinstalling the system. i google an article about universal restore. you can have a look.