clone C Drive freeze
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1.)Attempt to clone C drive
2.) Get to Source> "Processing" screen
3.)"Processing" continues forever
4.) "exit", "cancel" buttons frozen
5.) Use task manager to close program
6.) task manager reports " System waiting for response"
7.) restored system to 3rd drive from backup archive
8.) booted from restored drive
9.) booted fine, same issue with "Clone"
10.) "Clone" does work, however, with drive containing backup archive, BUT NOT WITH EITHER DRIVE CONTAINING SYSTEM, WEATHER BOOTED FROM OR SECONDARY
11.) Used clone several times before with system drive no problem.
12.) Build 9796 installed to attempt to correct this issue, same results
What could I have changed to cause this?
Thanks--
AL
Hello al fernandez,
Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software.
Could you please clarify, have you tried to perform cloning from bootable CD?
We are looking forward to hearing back from you at your earliest convenience.
Thank you.
It will clone from a bootable CD, AND it WILL clone from an old cloned C drive. it will not clone from the CURRENT C Drive, or a restored version of the current c drive. I understand cloning from a bootable disk is an option. Should work from C Drive as well, as it has in the past. Something (Settings??) has changed.
Thanks--
Al
Been cloning since 1996 - several times a month. Cloning got better when Acronis came along. Before that, I used old DriveCopy 2 (Powerquest.) Based on years of cloning experience, I have finalized two basic rules:
1. Always clone from a bootable disk - never from within Windows. Reasons: It has to reboot if in Windows - eliminate that step and get a much better GUI, and the host OS is never involved.
2. Always use manual mode - stay in control! Many times I clone from an internal to an external, or from an external to internal, or from drive 2 to drive 1. Automatic has no way of knowing what I want to do.
Agree with everything you said, used Norton Ghost for years until I set up the new machines with SATAII's and the old ver of ghost made a real mess of things, the new ver didn't allow cloning unless you paid extra, and Acronis was getting some good reviews. Never looked back. I don't mind cloning from the optical drive, but I sure would like to know why it freezes up cloning one drive but not the other, in case it's a precursor to a bigger upcomming problem. I'm a little leary of little things like that.
Thanks--
AL
That's unusual. Freeze ups are often the result of a data collision in the same piece of memory. How is the guilty drive connected?
All drives are individually connected via SATAII, including optical. I have an identical computer at work, near identical system/ software, started the clone C:/ to D:/ from C:/ process right to the "Proceed" prompt no problem. It is isolated to the home machine
Have you run chkdsk /f on the drive that won't clone? Do any errors show up?
Yes, no errors. Drive will clone from optical, but not boot drive.
Is the build on the CD (I assume that's what you mean by optical) the same as the one installed in Windows?
Was the CD created using TI or did you create it from the downloaded ISO file?
Yes, optical=Asus 22X/ 52X SATAII CD/DVD RW+-. Yes, Same Build. CD created using TI. Noticed one thing, my C drive has no volume lable on the home machine, I'll check the work machine later today. Could that possibly be the difference? I remember when using Norton Ghost, it would ask to "create volume lable" (or something along those lines) if one was not present
Thanks--
Al
You can make Volume Label anything you want in My Computer. Right click on the drive and RENAME. On that basis, I don't think that has an effect on your problem.
SUCCESS. Acronis True Image Home actually clones your hard disk.
The ONLY way to use Acronis True Image is to create what Acronis calls a Bootable Rescue Media, which is a fancy name for a CD running Linux. You do this through Tools.
You attach a second hard drive to your PC or laptop -- typically using the USB port.
Then you place the Acronis Linux CD into your CD and reboot your computer.
Hopefully it will boot off the CD and -- with your instructions -- perfectly clone your main hard drive to your external USB-connected hard drive. This works perfectly with SSDs (solid state hard drives) and spinning platter ones.
I'm adding this comment as a public service. Acronis' instructions are awful. Its menu structure is awful. And it took days and days to figure this out.
By the way, you must buy (i.e. pay for) Acronis True Image Home. Despite the fact that Acronis says the demo is a full working version of the software, it's not.
Prior to purchasing the full TI version I did a clone, C:/ (system), to E:/, from C:/. After purchase I can do a C:/ (system), to E:/, From C:/ (system) on my Work desktop, but need to do it from CD on home desktop. Desktops were identical at build. Similar software. My sister just used the trial ver to Clone, needed to do it from CD, prior to purchase. I had good luck with the trial ver doing everything it was cracked up to do.
Thanks--
AL