When cloning a drive, do both drives need to be connected to the PC?
Hi,
I want to upgrade my SATA drive to a SSD drive and I want to purchase the following item to make it easier to connect the drive.
- StarTech-com-SATA-USB-Cable-USB3S2SAT3CB
My question is, do I need to purchase 2 of these to connect both drives to clone or does Acronis first back-up the source drive and then I can switch and put in the destination drive to complete the cloning process?
Thank you!


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Thank you for your help explaining this!
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I never use Clone operation. Backup and restore is a much safer bet.
I would create a full disk mode backup. Then, remove the old drive and install the new drive, and restore the backup to the new drive.
As Steve says, using backup and restore means that both drives do not need to be connected concurrently. Backup and restore is safer and more flexible than cloning.
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+1
Ian
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