Cloning - Larger source disk won't clone to smaller destination disk
I have Acronis 9.0 and Acronis 2009 installed on two pc's. I am unable to clone from the larger 120 GB disk to a smaller 80 GB destination drive. I have been doing this until the past weeks. I only have XP SP3 and Acronis on the testing 120 GB hard drive. Has anything changed in Acronis or Windows that will prevent cloning such as this ???

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I don't think it's possible to clone from a larger to a smaller disk. Regardless of how much data is on the source. It's an image copy, not a file copy.
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Assuming that the used space on the 120 is no more than about 50 GB or so, you should be able to either clone or restore a backup--either one. However, often times, disk errors will prevent this from happening.
Perform a disk check on the 120
chkdsk c: /R
Boot from the TI Rescue CD.
Use the Acronis Add Disk option and delete the partitions on the 80 so the 80GB is all unallocated space.
The cloning method I recommend is the manual method so you can adjust the partition size--if needed.
I prefer to use the backkup/restore method rather than the clone method due to the risk factor. Check the clone comment in my signature below.
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I am trying to clone from a SATA 80GB hard drive to a Seagate "free agent" USB 298GB drive. Clone goes through the moritons and gets to 99% but when it goes the Operatio 4 of 4 "Copy MBR it goes dead in the water. do not want to "Replce the HD just want to have a spare in case. I have watined as much as 15 minutes to allow it to start the copying process but it never does. Any Ideals will be most appreciated.
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