windows 10 recovery image disk

[yorickpeeren]

Hi, i just build a new pc with a msi z270 board and an intel i5 7600k. Everything works but when I tried to recover windows from a recovery image disk I got the problem that the disk was not correct. It seems that the image was made from a system using bios and the new system uses a uefi system. I tried a few things but then gave up and just reinstalled a clean version of windows. I just would like to know how I can prevent this in the future. When I made the backup image I got no warning that there could be problems when trying to reinstall on another system. I even think that the image was made on a bios system, it was an asus B85M-G board with a 4570 (i think) processor, also running windows 10 64. Is there anyone who can give me some more info with this? Thanks

[Electronics Wizardy]

what did you backup with?

 

Normally the backup is used to restore files only. Don't use a image on different hardware. You will have to install the programs manually.

[KenjiUmino]

27 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Normally the backup is used to restore files only. Don't use a image on different hardware. You will have to install the programs manually.

this. 

 

if you go from one mainboard to a different one you almost always have to install clean.

 

there is a very high possibilty your current windows installation does not like the new chipset, bios setting, HDD controller or whatever.

 

the result: bluescreens, crashes, hangs and general headache

 

i heard windows got better at this but i recommend you to always "start fresh" when moving to a new system.

[Jayce288]

27 minutes ago, KenjiUmino said:

this. 

 

if you go from one mainboard to a different one you almost always have to install clean.

 

there is a very high possibilty your current windows installation does not like the new chipset, bios setting, HDD controller or whatever.

 

the result: bluescreens, crashes, hangs and general headache

 

i heard windows got better at this but i recommend you to always "start fresh" when moving to a new system.

I agree with this one. It's always best to do a clean install. Just make sure you keep your files on a 2nd drive or back them up to an external one before making any major hardware changes. 

[yorickpeeren]

ok, this I found out the hard way too. But what I would like to know is if I need to use the recovery image again, even on the same system will it work? Otherwise it's a stupid idea to take an disc image if you can't use it to recover a system. Anyone can give me a bit of help with the technical side of this problem? And is there a way to solve the bios/uefi problem? A bit of googleing showed me lots of ways to 'solve' it but none of them worked.