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Hi Forum.  Has anyone had experience with cloning from an HDD to an SSD?

The Background:  I have a new EVO 850 SSD 1TB and I used my ATI 2015 (yes, it's uptodate and has never given me any problems) to clone my fully functional Win 10 from my Western Digital HDD 1TB to it.  The prog functioned as it should and everything appeared to be ok. When I started the PC (no problem there) however, a lot of software progs no longer functioned properly and many system settings were lost.  I swallowed hard and repeated the process but with the same results.  Since then (about 4 weeks later) I've got almost all of Win 10 and the softwares back in working condition. I've even been able to reduce the boot time from 7 mins down to 1min. Two things, though, I haven't been able to correct are my 90% functioning Live Mail and the 'New Start' which doesn't function at all, neither automatic nor manual.  These two things are slowly making me mad!

The present:  I'm now considering starting again with the new ATI 2017.  My question is: Has anyone ever used this version to do a cloning like this - with success?  I don't have any enthusiasm to go through the whole circus again if TI 2017 won't bring any better results.

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Hi Nomad,

I previously had 2016 and currently use 2017.

I've used Acronis to clone from HD to SSD a few times in both and hadn't noticed issues like this.  For the most part though, I always do a backup and recovery (same results, but gives you a backup safety net too).  For both processes, always try to use your offline recovery media to start the process and you may want to run chkdsk/f /r on the source drive first to rule out or repair bad/dirty sectors getting copied over to the image.

I really don't clone that much and have not done so recently.  However, I frequently use 2017 to restore backup images and have not had any issues or lag with them so far.  I really try to take a full system image while the OS is offline and use that when possible as you limit issues that can be caused by the OS, 3rd party apps, malware or even AV software trying to interfere.  An offline image gives you a true backup of the entire disk without anything else getting in the way and it backups whatever is on the disk that's there.  An online image gives you a "snapshot" of the system when taken at that point in time, but the OS, apps and services are still actively in use, plus, there are also some default filters that you may not like/want if you haven't configured those before.

Here are my thoughts on how a clone process should be completed for best results:

https://forum.acronis.com/forum/125166#comment-387534

Here are my thoughts on why I think backup and restore is better than a clone when you have the ability to use this method.

https://forum.acronis.com/forum/126072#comment-391792

Over the years I have used the Clone module without issue; several times moving from HDD to SSD. I have not had any issues (not sure if I have done a clone with the production version of ATI 2017, but I think I did it with beta 1 - definetely did several with ATI 2016).

It is good practice to do a backup before doing a clone - things can go wrong, particularly if you initiate the clone from within ATI rather than using the recovery media (although I have done this a few times without any problems - but that was on old PCs not work units). It is recommended that all cloning be done using recovery media.

I was going to say I have not seen anything like you describe - but I have, but in that case it was an upgade to Windows 10 or Widows 10 Anaversary that caused the problems - went back to prior version and reinsatalled and all was well.

Ian

Hi Ian.

Thanks for your reply. Sorry about the delay in writing back but as I mentioned earlier, my mail service is rotten and I've only just discovered your email notification - already opened and thrown in the junk order!!!

I too have always had success wth older versions of ATI, so I don't understand why I'm suddenly having problems with this one, although when one thinks the OS is Windows, well.......
Maybe the problem lies in that it's an upgrade from 7 to 10, although I cloned after the Anniversary update. I considered going back too but in the long term I'm going to have to use 10 anyway and after all the trouble I've gone to and the many,many hours I've put in up to now, I shy away at even the thought of starting again.

You mentioned '......all cloning be done using recovery media'.  I didn't realise I could clone a complete HDD to SSD using this method.  Ah well, perhaps later when I've got the nerve I'll try again - but with a new SSD!!!   (heaves a sad sigh)

Greetings.

Graham.