cloning hdd
I cloned my original 500gb via USB to 750gb wd disk in laptop. C drive was copied successfully but Data drive D did not. Then I read the manual and proceeded to run it through the cloning program. At one stage acronis asked for reboot and on doing it stated that acronis cant find the boot and had to press the enter key to restart the computer. Hoping someone will guide me through this mess.
Thanks Choi


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Clone should be used only by advanced users who know what they are doing. It is riskier and can result in a loss of data and a failed system. Create a full disk mode backup and restore it, using the bootable Rescue Media, to the new disk, as it's far safer.
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Thanks Robert. Do I have to change status in bios. According to manual Acronis Start-up Manager allows us to recover our computer at boot time before OS starts by pressing F11 key at boot time. Please confirm whether this is correct. Thanks Bhaskaran Choi
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To boot into the Bootable Media Disk you must change boot order in bios so that the device where the Bootable Media is located is first in the boot order list. The F11 recovery is used if you have a failed system to recover.
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Hi robert. Thanks for your help I managed to clone the hard drive to a 1gb wd disk. I then removed the old drive and am using my laptop successfully.
I would like to erase the old drive and use it as external drive. Can anyone let me know the safest method.
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Safest method would be to just reformat the disk in Windows Disk Management screen.
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