Very innocent user: is a CLONED drive the same as a DRIVE IMAGE?
I see within Windows I have an option to make a Drive image. From my WIndows rescue disk, I then have an option to restore a drive from a drive image. So assuming my Drive C is still intact and working, and I restore the image, I imagine I get back where I started at the time I made the image of the drive..
Is this the same result exactly as using eg Acronis to CLONE a drive, and then copying (or restoring?) that cloned drive back onto my Drive C
So I suppose eventually my question comes down to a confusion of the semantics of
full restore of drives and partitions,
putting back a cloned drive, and
restoring a drive image..
I am happy to read any article to clear my muddled thinking!


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I think that is clear..but I suppose in all cases, if the drive totally failed and I replaced it with a different one, that different one might need different drivers or configuration.. would that confound both Acronis and the Windows Image?
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Grahame, if you recover your backup image (Acronis, Windows System or other backup software) to a new disk drive that has replaced the original drive physically inside the computer then provided you are using the same drive mode there should be no need for device drivers or configuration. Example: both old & new drive connect via SATA using AHCI. It doesn't matter is the old drive is a HDD and the new one is a SSD, as this is a common scenario where Acronis and other backup tools are employed.
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very concise, and clear. Thanks bye
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