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March 30th, 2026 18:12
Looking to replace my 9 year old XPS 9560...
As I state in the title, its probably t9ime for an upgrade!
I currently have an XPS 9560, 2.8 GHz i7-7700HQ that I've upgraded to 32 GB o ram & a 2 TB Samsung SSD.
I'd like something on par with that & hope I'd be able to restore my Acronis backup to it. Of course that restoring to dissimilar hardware would make it Windows 10, would I be able to upgrade to 11 from there?
Any advice appreciated!
ejn63
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March 30th, 2026 19:01
There is an XPS 16 model once again (but not a 15" model). That said, restoring an existing image on new hardware is not a recipe for long term stability - you'd be better off backing up your data and restoring it to the new system, and reinstalling any programs you need to carry over (some of which may require updates or upgrades to migrate to Windows 11). If you choose to try restoring an image file, you won't have any software support from Dell for the system thereafter.
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Tesla1856
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March 31st, 2026 00:48
You could give him yours (nice upgraded one) and get yourself a new one.
As far as "restoring an Acronis backup" ... (as @ejn63 suggests) You use the new computer as Windows-11, install your programs fresh, restore only the data and media files.
Because they are "account based" ... games from Steam or Epic as very easy to re-populate onto a new computer, and some of those also have "cloud saves" anyway.
Because of Google, Microsoft/OneDrive, Apple-iCloud, etc ... again ... very easy to re-populate new computers.
No one really does that thing you speak of. It was never really "allowed" in the first place. Instead, think about what your be best for the computer (and it's main user) for the next 3-4 years (not what is perceived as "easiest" now).
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