Restoring to a dissimilar Windows system

Microsoft Windows systems only.

Table: Dissimilar system restore overview describes the process to restore to a dissimilar system.

If the target system disk(s) are different than the protected system disks, disk and volume mapping (as performed with a dissimilar disk restore) are required.

Table: Dissimilar system restore overview

Task	Procedure
Learn about dissimilar system restore.	See About dissimilar system restore.
Discover the configuration of the target system.	See Discover the configuration of the new system.
Create a configuration to use for the restore.	See Create an editable DSR configuration.
Add NIC drivers and the MSD drivers to the restore configuration system.	See Add NIC and MSD drivers.
Change the network interfaces and network identities in the restore configuration.	See Change network interfaces.
Map disks in the restore configuration.	See Map disks.
Create boot media.	See Create boot media.
Restore the client.	See Restore the client.
Complete the DSR changes at the first logon to the restored system.	See First logon.