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Changing drives in a restore of a full backup.

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Is it possible to backup a drive (complete backup) and then restore it to a different drive? I try this and all I can restore is the drive that I created the backup from in the first place.

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Hello Charles,

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You should be able to restore the image to a different drive. Why are you unable to do it? Please describe the issue with the details.

Thank you.

I have 3 other drives installed in the computer. 1 of them is empty and is as large as the backed up drive. True image 11 restore shows only the original C drive as an restore point and does not see the other drives at all once I get past the selection of the backup file.

 

Are the two drives that don't show up connected to the same controller as the one that does?

I've just tried to clone my C drive to another identical sata drive of the same size. I'm using True Image Home 2009.

The process seemed to start OK but at the point just after re-booting, there were a couple of 'analysing partitions 100%' followed by

ERROR: UNABLE TO READ PARTITION C: (RETRY, IGNORE IGNORE ALL)

I've done clones on this PC as a mode of backup, but this is the first time I've had this error.

Any ideas would be most welcome.

Were the previous clones done with TI 2009? If so, was it the same build?

Do you get the same error if you use the TI CD instead of starting the cloning process in Windows?

 

The previous Clones have all been done with the same version, 9646. I've looked at downloading the latest but have held back because it lists it as for XP Pro SP3. The PC I use it on isn't connected to the net and I don't want it to be. Everything is working fine, it's just the worry of 'if' I needed a backup.

I purchased TI Home 2009 as a download, Dec.12th 2008. I've only used it to do Clone backups, always commencing from in Windows (as I have no CD of it). I keep two identical hdd's and Clone every month or so.

This was my way of ensuring no repeat of a catastrophic disc failure that lost a lot of data.

I've swopped the drives a couple of times to ensure my theory works.

Hello all,

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Charles,

Can the program identify the hard drives at the source selection screen? Have you formatted the hard drives? Are you able to perform the recovery under Acronis Bootable rescue media?

Keith,

I would recommend you to check C partition for errors:

- Go to the Command Prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd)
- Enter the command: "chkdsk DISK: /r"
where DISK is the partition letter you need to check. Please note, that
checking the C: drive may require you to reboot the machine.

Thank you.

thanks Oleg,

someone else suggested the same, once done all returned to normal

I was quite surprised to see the amount of sectors that checkdisk had to fix, the hdd is only 9 months old and I would describe it's use as infrequent. It's the first time I've used Samsung hdd's, I wonder if anyone else has any good or bad experiences of them.

thanks again,

Keith