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Cloning win10 vs bootable media +/-'s

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I'm a rookie and just upgraded to 2019 and would like to know the +/-'s of cloning from within windows10 or from a bootable acronis CD. Besides creating the CD is there any other files I should add and if so which ones. Moving 2tb HD to 2tb SSD

 

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Larry, please see forum topic: [IMPORTANT] CLONING - How NOT to do this - this was written originally for ATI 2017, and especially for users getting free copies of OEM ATI software with new disk drives and having problems when using cloning.  The key message here is to always have a good full disk backup before embarking on the use of cloning!

With ATI 2018 & 2019, Acronis introduced Active Cloning which uses the same Microsoft VSS snapshot service as used for normal backups created within Windows, so the process is much safer than it was with earlier versions where a reboot was always needed.

With Active Cloning, a reboot should not be needed provided the target drive does not already have an identifiable Windows OS present on it, so the full cloning process is performed from within Windows.

You can still use the Acronis Rescue Media to perform cloning, and this can be the safest method of all provided you understand what needs to be done, in particular how the rescue media should be booted to match how Windows boots.  You can run the msinfo32 command in Windows to find the BIOS mode used by Windows, i.e. this will be either UEFI or Legacy.

When using the Rescue Media, the recommendation by Acronis would be to remove the original HDD drive and replace this by the new SSD, then connect the HDD externally to use as the Source drive for cloning to the now internal SSD drive.

You can also use Backup & Recovery instead of using cloning, so as above, you would install the new SSD and set the HDD aside (safe from error etc), then Recover your backup image from your backup drive to the SSD using the Rescue media.

Running the Clone tool from within the installed Windows True Image application is considered a LIVE clone meaning that your Windows system disk is online during the process.

I have had good success with this.  It avoids the pitfalls of using the boot media in regards to booting that media correctly and the sizing of partitions which seems to be problem for some users.

If you run the tool LIVE and select Auto for the clone mode things should work out as you expect.

Having said that it is wise to create a full disk backup of your current Windows disk so that if something by chance does go wrong you will have that to fall back on.

One thing I caution on is connecting the target drive to the PC (in your case the SSD).  The connection should be a self powered device such as a powered USB to SATA adapter.  Relying on the power from a USB port can be problematic as a drop in voltage can cause unwanted results.

I have successfully used live cloning from within ATI 2018 of system drive, without reboot.

As always, abundant caution suggests creating a backup immediately before doing the clone.

Ian

Been doing some pre testing...

Created boot CD with ATI and tested and can boot to ATI menu.

Will this be a good to do this way?

1- backup to external USB HD

2. power down and install SSD after removing C: HD

3- boot to CD

4- Restore to new virgin SSD

BTW, I also have 2nd HD(D:) which I presume shouldn't be an issue since I'm only replacing (C:)

Yes, that would be proper procedure.