Acronis 2014-Lenovo Yoga-Windows 8 Cloning
Before I get myself into trouble - here is the scenario......
I have Acronis 2014, a Lenovo Yoga laptop/tablet with Windows 8.1.
I would like to clone the internal hard drive to a USB external (same size drive in a USB enclosure) so that if the internal goes south I can take the USB external drive from it's enclosure and put make it the new internal drive and boot up.
Now, I understand that Windows will not boot from a USB drive. So the USB drive has to be installed internally.
So my question is ..... having Acronis 2014 make a boot CD and since the Yoga doesn't have an internal CD drive, use a USB CD drive to use the boot CD to clone the internal drive to USB external drive. So imagine the Yoga with a external USB CD drive on one side and a USB drive enclosure on the other side and booting to the CD. With this scenario can a clone be made that will work?
Appreciate any feedback.


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