"only one drive" message when cloning
Hello Friends,
I bought a 500gb Western Digital drive from Crucial to clone my current Seagate drive to.
I have the new Western drive mounted in my laptop,
I mounted the source Seagate in an external case and wired to a USB on the laptop.
I booted to my True Image 2013 and selected "Clone Disk"
I get the "Unable to Continue. You have only one drive."
The specs on the equipment and hardware are as follows:
Op System / Source Drive: Windows 7 Professional 64bit /Seagate ST9320423AS 320gb
Laptop: HP ProBook 6455b
Destination Drive: Western Digital Model#WD5000BPKT-00PK4T0 500gb
I tried using all 3 usb ports on the laptop. I also booted True Image then pluged in the source and waited 60 seconds and tried with no luck. Is there something in the BIOS I should be doing? Any help would be appreciated. The source drive works fine as well as everthing else when connected normally.
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Thanks for responding Grover.
The next screen asks for MBR or GPT layout. Whats you suggestion based on the op system?
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I also connected another external drive and got the "Choose clone mode" screen next so the program is working. The problem must be the WD drive/format or hardware its mounted to/with.
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I tried MBR and GPT without luck. I'm thinking somethings up with the connection. I'll look into the case and wire and report back. Thanks Grover
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Thanks for the help Grover. Being a rookie at most all advanced computer tasks or repairs this forum is a vital resource for me. I noticed that even though the light on the external case was on, the drive didn't seem to be spinning. I purchased a new Dynex enclosure and cable yesterday. I also read in the literature that a new drive had to be "initialized" as you directed. After installing the new enclosure and cable I initialized the drive for GPT layout and I'm pleased to annouce the clone process completed successfully.
Not that it matters to me, I thought at the end of the clone process a screen briefly flashed by that read something about MBR. I suppose maybe it cloned in MBR anyhow. I'm not sure but as I mentioned it doesn't matter at this point. I'm glad to have a solid backup of my operating program now since my last laptop's drive crashed and atleast I can protect from that scenario now.
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