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How to prepare for SSD failure

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Unclear as to how to proceed in case of a SSD failure. Main SSD is partitioned into 8 partitions (C thru J) and I have separate backups of each partition on another drive. If the SSD fails, I have an exact replacement drive on hand, not installed. Question: I assume the “clone disk” feature would not apply, since the source disk would be defective—right? But I have all good backups available, so is the following the right procedure? I’d replace the bad drive & boot from the rescue CD. Will I be able to restore each partition to the new drive, automatically partitioned to the proper size and the C partition made active, or would I need to make that choice when selecting each backup to be restored? Or is there a different procedure?THANKS....Lee

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Lee, it would be a much easier & simplier recovery process in your case if you just made a single full Disks & Partitions backup image of your whole SSD drive rather than having to recover 8 different backups, one for each partition.

You could mix the two strategies here, i.e. keep your current separate backups but make say a monthly full disk backup (assuming you have sufficient storage space on your backup drive(s)), then in the event of the SSD failing, you would be able to recover the whole disk back from the single full disk image, then recover any changes to other partitions as needed from those separate backups.

Cloning probably wouldn't work if the SSD was failing as it tends to be more sensitive to any disk issues.  From my understanding of SSD failures, it is likely to just 'fall off the cliff' when it fails rather than failing gradually as the mechanical HDD's do.

Any recovery of an OS boot drive is best done using the Acronis bootable rescue media and you should create and test this long before needing to use it in anger for recovery.  Check that you understand how to boot it in the same mode as used by your OS, and that it can see your SSD and backup drives from the offline ATI application.

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