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Knowledge Base article - 2931: Cloning Laptop Hard Disk - says the following in the Introduction;

(http://kb.acronis.com/content/2931)

"Introduction

If you have decided to replace the hard disk of your laptop with a new one, you can use Acronis backup software to do the cloning.

(!) The important point to remember is that you need to put the new drive in the laptop first, and connect the old drive via USB. Only after this you may do the cloning. Otherwise you will not be able to boot from the new cloned drive. As such, hard disk bays cannot be used for target disks. For example, if you have a target hard disk (i.e. the new disk to which you clone, and from which you intend to boot the machine) in a bay, and not physically inside the laptop, the target hard disk will be unbootable after the cloning."

QUSTION> How are you supposed to connect the old drive via USB?  A laptop drive does not an external HDD style USB connector.  Do you need to buy a 2.5" SATA external laptop drive bay?

This is what I am trying to achieve. 

I would like to make a clone of my Laptop HDD using an external USB HDD.  Then in the future, if my Laptop HDD fails or I require a larger/faster drive, I can just connect my external USB HDD to my laptop and load the clone image on the new drive.

This would seem like a sensible system, however, it is not what is recommended in the KB artical as mentioned.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Larry

Sat, 01/14/2012 - 15:29
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Larry,

In Acronis terminology, "cloning" is a copy of a disk to another disk. "imaging" is the creation of a file containing all the information to restore an entire disk.

You want to do an image. This is done by creating a disk and partition backup with ACronis. You will "load the clone", as you say, (ie restore the image) using the Acronis recovery CD.

When you create your disk and partition backup, make sure you include all the partitions that ATI is showing you on your disk, including those that you might not see when you open your computer.

Sat, 01/14/2012 - 17:15
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Thank you for your clear and detailed reply Pat. Just 2 more questions!

Is it advisable to tick "back up sector-by-sector" during the imaging process?

Also is there a way to verify that an image was made correctly?

Thank you.

Larry

Sun, 01/15/2012 - 14:58
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Using the "sector by sector" option is usually NOT necessary unless you have a special type disk or file system.

You can validate your backup during the backup creation or as a separate task. The validation can be done from within Window or from the bootable media CD. This validation option is within "Backup options" section.

The validation option is to confirm the integrity of the file--it is NOT a byte by byte comparison of the backup file to the contents of the disk.

It also helps as a preventive to occasionally check your disk for disk errors so such errors are not part of the backup. From a command prompt, type the command below
CHKDSK C: /R
and a reboot will be needed to run the check. The results will be found in the Events log under Applications.

If you are doing the backup from within Windows, this is an example of the disk mode where you choose the disk level backup.

Mon, 01/16/2012 - 14:56
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Thank you so much for your time and effort to write your detailed replies!

I have found your advice very helpful and time saving.

Larry

Mon, 01/16/2012 - 14:15