Dying drive/Backup done/extract files
OK, first I run with the local volunteer rescue squad and our crewroom computer has a fast dying hard drive. I took the drive out and home to make a fast backup which appears to have captured the hidden partition as well. For the record this system has never had a backup done that I'm aware of and after the system is fully restored it will have Acronis 2016 installed and scheduled for regular backups. SW already ordered from Amazon.
So what I need to find out now is if it is possible to extract the files from the backup to a temporary hard drive that I have at home and can I use the USB docking station to clone or extract these files? There are sensitive patient files that are needed for pending reports so I need to get these asap. It will be the end of the week before all is ready and I'm out of town for the following two weeks so time is a bit critical.
Is there any reason I can't clone a temporary spare drive I have or extract the backup to the drive to get the needed files? If so what is the best approach? I've owned various versions of True Image dating back about 7-8 years but haven't had to restore a disc and have never tried much less from a file for another system for another system. I have cloned several SSD drives for my systems and that worked well. When I went through this process of cloning using the two drives mounted in the USB hard drive docking station I got a message that the drive would not be bootable from BIOS and I think that means that while it's in the docking station but not sure. If I'm right it should boot when installed back into the computer that it came from, right?
Any assistance is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve
svrs.org


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