SCSI cloning
I have a windows 10 PC.
Can I clone an internal SCSI drive to an external SSD, then remove the SCSI, install the SSD into the pc and boot from there?
i suspect there could be a load of issues with the boot sector information? If so, is there any manual configuration of the boot sector eg (boot files)I can do to the SSD to allow it to boot?


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Hi Steve,
The PC is a Server station for mostly graphics applications and is a Dell T5500.
If it is an SCSI disk, I don't have an external connector to attach it as a source to clone a new internal SSD, so the HDD may not be seen by ATI.
I assume that I could clone the existing HDD to another external SATA HDD, create rescue media and proceed as per your recommendations above?
Thanks
Jonathan
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Jonathan, I would guess that the first check point would be to shutdown the server and remove the drive to see if it really is a SCSI disk or whether it is actually a normal SATA drive?
If you do have a SCSI drive, then forget about using cloning and use Backup to create a full disk image of the source drive stored on an external backup drive, then swap out the source drive and replace by a new drive, then boot from the Acronis rescue media to Recover the backup to the new drive.
Note: please check what BIOS boot mode is used by your Server OS and ensure that you boot from the Acronis rescue media using the same mode.
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