Acronis bootable Rescue Media and cloned disks/partitions on the same SSD
I'm thinking of creating a bootable external SSD with Acronis Rescue Media in it, and to store there all my PCs’ cloned disks or OS partitions. My rationale is: this way I can have all of my PC-lifesaving stuff in a single place; when a PC fails and is in need of a Restore, I plug in this SSD of mine, and off we go. My questions:
- Is it doable?
- Is it a good idea, or is there a better alternative?
- Any special considerations I’ve gotta keep in mind?
NB This will not be the only place cloned partitions will be being saved; there’s a parallel plan for cloning disks or partitions on HDD’s, as well — this is almost obligatory for my big non-OS partitions.


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Thank you very much, Steve, for your spot-on answer! i'll do as advised.
PS Yup, I meant '.tib images' by the term 'clone', and this is incorrect terminology; sorry.
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One more question:
For the 2nd step ["Format the new SSD external drive as NTFS (with GPS if using UEFI) and use this to store multiple backup image (.TIB) files for your different PC's in separate folders for each computer"], can this SSD have password protection?
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Rather than adding password protection to the whole SSD, you can encrypt each of your .tib files using the protection settings found on the Advanced options page of the Backup task configuration.
The above Backup protection / encryption settings are available for Disks & Partitions backups as well as for Files & Folders backups. Once encryption is set for a backup then this cannot be changed and the password cannot be recovered if you forget or lose it, so make sure you protect this too (i.e. use a secure password safe application).
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Once again thank you, Steve, for your great and prompt response!
All my best for a happy new year for you and your loved ones! :)
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