Creating a HDD Image not a clone
Hi, I have just purchased True Image 2018 and I am looking to be able to take an image of several HDDs and then store these images on one USB HDD. The only thing I can see if how to clone one disk directly to another and I do not want to be able to do this, I would like multiple images all stored on one USB HDD. Thanks

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Ian & John...welcome to these user forums. True Image will do exactly what you want it to do.
I highly recommend downloading the user manual. Chapter 3 discusses basic concepts. Chapter 4 covers backing up disks and partitions. I believe you want to make disk (not partition) backups. You should also use the full partition list.
Here's some pics to get you started:
Click on "Add Backup" in lower left:
In the upper left, type in the name of the backup:
Then move your mouse over the block labeled "Entire PC" Which will then change to "Change Source"
Click on Change Source which brings up the next menu:
Select Disks and Partitions which brings up:
Then select full partition list which brings up the full partition list as below:
Then click OK...back to main screen:
Hover your mouse over Acronis Cloud to bring up the destination as below:
Click on Change destination:
Click on Browse and navigate to where you want to store the backups.
Here, I click on Data (M:)
You can select "New folder" and type in the name of the folder, which will create a new folder. Then click OK.
Which brings you back to the main screen:
Then select "Options"
Then you can select the schedule for the backups.
Then backup scheme
Notifications...if you want e-mail notifications.
Then Exclusions:
Then Advanced:
Then click OK which takes you back to the main screen:
Click backup now.
The slides above should get you started....you should download the user guide and read through it. It contains a lot of good information.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
FtrPilot
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Excellent, thanks for the detailed response. I will give it a try thanks
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