TI 2020 under windows cannot boot a cloned target hdd
My Acronis 2020 true image build 38530 is having problems with booting a target hdd after cloning:
1. Running TI under windows 10, source ssd, target hdd. Clone process runs fine, finished ok.
(manual, proportional,etc. etc.). Booting the target starts showing the window, then
a lot av hdd activity showing a small blue "timer-bubble". Looping forever, hdd sounds with drumsticks.
Tried another hdd, did not help.
2. Tried TI booted from win pe dvd. Same source and target, finished ok, target boots ok.
3. Tried Macrium Reflect clone under windows 10, finished ok, target boots fine.
Why cannot Acronis TI under windows 10 produce a bootable target ?
regards
erik


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Thanks for reply.
The pc is a desktop with mobo GA-x58a-ud7.
The clone was done from within windows 10, 64 bit.
The SSD (source) is a revodrive 350, 223 gb, working fine within windows with special drivers installed.
The HDD (target) is a normal sata-connected drive 1000 gb
From within windows, selected "clone", manual, source=ssd, target= hdd, proportional, etc.
Hoping for a sutiable solution.
regards erik
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Erik, did you swap the source and target drives after the clone or test with the target drive used in place of the source drive and the original drive removed?
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Thanks again.
After clone completed ok, I shutdown the pc.
Restart, and went info bios for selecting first bootdrive = hdd 1000 gb (the target after clone)
(The source, SSD revodrive 350, is plugged directly into pcie-slot, did not remove that).
New restart, and the hdd boots (I can hear the drumsticks), and windows-logo is shown.
But sadly, the boot process went into a permananet state of showing a small blue timer-bubble
and hdd playing with "drumsticks".
Tried this exact procedure with Macrium reflect within windows, no trouble at all there.
Cann I suppy you with some additional test-results to help you understand this peculiar problem ?
regards
erik
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Erik, I suspect that ATI 2020 isn't handling the change from PCIe to SATA given that doing the same type of clone with Macrium gives you the correct outcome.
ATI 2020 has been out of support since the 2021 version was released so Acronis are never going to produce any fixes for this type of issue.
Personally I rarely use cloning because of many of the issues it can bring and if you have a working solution via using Macrium, then I would use that tool for this purpose. (I have both ATI and MR 8.0 Home installed and switch between them according to which suits my purpose best).
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Thanks a lot for your help.
One last question: Do you think ATI 2021 would handle this case ?
regards
erik
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Erik, I suspect that there would be little difference between ATI 2020 and 2021 for your scenario and the same for ACPHO as it is just a rebranded copy of ATI 2021 with all the extra Cyber Protect features bolted on to what was originally called ATI 2022 but with very little change to the core Backup, Recovery and Clone features as Acronis have changed their focus to the Cyber arena and antivirus / anti-ransomware etc.
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