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Here is my problem. I bought acronis 2015 and could not clone my hd to a ssd on an HP pro 3130. So I get the patch to 2016. I was able to install windows 10 on the SDD the target disk so I know the disk is functional. The problem is when I use acronis either the desktop platform or the USB memory stick it always tells me clone disk operation failed. Okay so what does this mean and how to I fix it? The SSD is a PNY CS111 solid state drive 240GB. What am I doing wrong? I start Acronis 2016 select the HP desk as the source and the SSD as the target and it always fails. I have also formated the SSD set the partition as active and left it raw but it will not clone. Thanks.

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Make sure that the disk is not encrypted.
Run chkdsk X: /R on each X: partition of the original disk. Assign a temporary drive letter for hidden partitions if necessary.
Make sure the used space of the original disk is less than about 200GB.

Try the following:
- put the SSD on the connector where the original disk was
- put the original disk on some other ATA connector or on some USB SATA adapter
- boot the computer on the Acronis recovery medium
- choose "add new disk" and select the SSD
- you don't need to create a partition on the SSD when the wizard asks you
- perform the clone operation
- disconnect the old disk
- reboot the system on the SSD.

If cloning doesn't work, perform a backup of the origiinal disk and restore the image on the SSD with the same instructions. Make sure you perform a backup with ALL partitions included.