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Have two problems; may be related...
"When I first click on Clone Disk, I get error saying: "Failed to read from sector'0' of hard disk '4'. Try to repeat the operation. If the error persists, check the disk using Check Disk Utility and create a backup of the disk."

        Retry         Ignore          Ignore All      Cancel      buttons

I have formated the disk and still get the same error. I can get by the disk by clicking on the Ignore All button.  Then, on the Clone Disk Wizard page, the disk I want to have as the Destination Disk is grayed out.

Anyone know what I can do to get rid of these two problems?

TIA,

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Rayburn,

Please refer to the link below...it contains information on cloning disks.

https://kb.acronis.com/content/56634

Looking at your images, the disk is greyed out because it is a "dynamic" disk.  Dynamic disks cannot be cloned.

FtrPilot

FtrPilot:

Trying to Change a Dynamic Disk Back to a Basic Disk and I am getting a Vittual Disk Service Error.  see image

Can you tell me how to proceed?

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Best way to get back to square one with the disk is to clear the disk of all partitioning information. 

Diskpart> list disk - This will generate a list of installed disk by number, 0,1,2, etc.

Diskpart> select disk # - replace the # with the appropriate disk number ie. 0,1,2, etc.

Above command will return - Disk # is now the selected disk.

Diskpart> clean - The clean comand will remove all data and partitoning information from the disk and leave in an unallocated RAW space.

After the clean process is complete, exit diskpart and close command prompt.  Boot machine to the Recovery Media. Select Tools - Add Disk and add the new RAW disk which will initialize the disk.  Next choose the Clone tool and perform the clone.

After the Clone is complete press ctrl+alt+F2 for the Linux shell to appear.  Type poweroff at the prompt to shutdiwn the boot media and the machine.

Once shutdoiwn disconnect the original source disk before rebooting the machine.

Ok, evidently this disk was once used as a Primary boot system drive.  What you will need to do is use a Windows install disk or UFD to boot the machine.  Once the install starts at the select language screen press shift+F10 to get a command prompt.  You can then use diskpart without restriction.