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I have had several computer outages/accidents that left a computer bricked. So I decided to buy two identical Dell XPS13 2 in 1 laptops and Acronis True Image 2017 with the idea that if one computer becomes inoperable I could clone (recover) it on a its identical twin computer. The Acronis promo literature makes it sound that it is simple to do but I have found that despite being fairly technical it seems to take someone with far more knowledge than I possess.

I first created a backup on an external SSD drive and a USB key with Acronis Bootable Media. I then tested recovery on the second machine but it would not work because it could not detect the internal SSD drive in the laptop. Checking with Acronis tech support I was told that Acronis Bootable Media cannot be used because it cannot detect SSDs. I was told to use Win PE bootable media. I have been trying to create it but have run into a problem since one of the steps is to add drivers for the system and I have no clue where to find them and which ones to install. I did a search for .inf files on the C: drive and I found literally hundreds of files in many folders and no kind of indicator as to which ones I should be including.

Can anyone point me to where I can find this information or if there is a simpler way to recover from one system to another identical system?

TIA

Jon

 

 

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This is the second post I have seen where the poster says that Support has told them that the Recovery Media will not work with an SSD.  That is incorrect.   The Recovery Media will not work with PCIe based SSD drives configured as RAID systems which obviously is what you are dealing with.

Please visit the link below for discussions on our MVP WinPE builder tool which makes the injection of drivers for your exact situation fairly painless.  Please read the first post in its entirety so that you understand what the tool does, how to use it, etc.

https://forum.acronis.com/forum/acronis-true-image-2017-forum/mvp-tool-…

 

The MVP tool can be downloaded from the link below. 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8uZDIFmupY7TE1QU2VoZ01ZaFE

 

Please grab the Changelog at the link below for a complete description of  the depth of capability of the media which is created by using the tool.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WU8P5-v75wq7KRJZtlsBcoMMbDS1jcU00gM…

Thank you Enchantech. I am in the process of trying out the tool but wanted to thank you for your response. Unfortunately I am finding that tech support is becoming less and less caring across the board and I have been getting misleading responses from several manufacturers. So when dedicated people like you give up their time to help others it is such a relief. I am very grateful.

Thanks,

Jon

Your welcome!

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Thank you again Enchantech. I was able to recover from one system to the other so that I can start operating on the second machine almost seamlessly. I say "almost" because I did run into a couple of problems which I am posting separately. Thanks, again. Jon.