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Cloning a USB drive

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Hi,

I'm trying to clone a 8TB usb external drive onto another (identical) 8TB usb external drive, but when I boot up into Acronis and go into Clone mode, it's only seeing one of the drives, not both.  

Any ideas, tricks tips etc...

Many thanks

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Nick, welcome to these User Forums.

More information is needed here?

How are your 2 external USB drives connected here? 
Is this directly to ports on the computer, or are you using a USB hub or docking station? 
If using a hub, it this powered from the USB port or powered independently by its own power supply? 
What USB standard is involved here? (USB 2.0 or 3.0 for ports / devices / hub?)

How are your USB drives formatted?
I assume GPT is being used given the 8TB size, but what filesystem is used?

Can you see both drives in Windows Explorer and Disk Management?  A screen image would help.