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Clone alive system disk

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Hi everybody,
Perhaps I'm going to ask a silly question, but I don't know the answer so, my question is: is it possible to clone the system disk while the server (Windows Server 2008) is running?

Thanks.

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Clone operation should only be run via Bootable Media disk if clone image is going to be of a system (OS) disk. Cloning a live system disk will corrupt the disk.

Per http://kb.acronis.com/content/44116 ATI 2014 doesn't support Windows Server 2008, but it does support Windows Server 2011
If by clone, you mean create an image, you can, provided you can install ATI and run the backup
If by clone, you really mean clone, the system disk will always be off line during the clone operation. Either because you have initiated the clone operation from the recovery CD per Bob's recommendation, or from Windows (ATI will have rebooted the computer)