Dangers of cloning
Some of the material I was referred to from my last post indicated the possible corruption of the source drive during a clone. As I have several spare drives it is easier for me to clone and just swap drives if I have to.
From the Acronis web site "because Acronis True Image does not alter the original disk and data stored on it during cloning". Is there something I'm missing the could cause a problem with the source drive? If so do newer releases solve this problem??
Thanks - Marty


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Steve - thanks for the input - from what I understand the safest way to clone would be to "to perform cloning after booting from the Acronis Rescue Media" and by "by having the target drive installed in place of the source drive, and connecting the source drive by the adapter" - is that correct - Marty
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Your understanding is correct. You can follow that approach either by doing a clone, or alternatively creating a backup and restoring it. Whichever way you go abundant caution dictates making a full backup of the disk before doing the clone.
Ian
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Ditto to Ian.
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Appreciate the input - will do full backups before cloning - one last question - would the "safe" cloning also work if the target drive as well as the source drive is connected via USB???
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Yes, that is not an issued.
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Always one more question - can backups be safely done in Windows or should they be done via the Acronis Rescue Media?
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Yes, you can safely create backups in Windows. Some folders are excluded (in particular OneDrive) as they case Acronis to have a hissy-fit (due to the way files on demand is implemented); for similar reason I understand that outlook files (*.ost and *.pst) are also excluded. I have a dim recollection that the outlook files are included if you use the recovery media (but I could well be wrong about that).
I create my backups from within Windows - I have a separate backup solution for my Outlook files.
Ian
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Thanks for the guidance - everything worked properly
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