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I cloned a hard drive with Acronis True Image 2017. Does anyone know if Acronis has a way to verify that cloned drive (compare it to the source drive)?

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Robert, welcome to these public User Forums.

By definition, a clone is an identical / duplicate copy of the source drive to the target drive.  There are no methods provided to verify this as immediately Windows is started, there will be hundreds of changed files on the drive in use.

The only method to confirm the clone was successful is to check the log for the operation after it has completed and before you exit from the Acronis application environment.

So The Clone Disk tool in TI 2017 will work on current SSD's?  What about SSD to NVME?  I haven't used my copy of True Image 2017 for quite a while so I wasn't sure if I needed to upgrade.  Honestly I'm hoping I dont need to upgrade.  Thanks for any help.

Ron, welcome to these public User Forums.

ATI 2017 should work correctly with most current SSD's including NVMe providing you create the Windows PE version of the Acronis Rescue Media and this has all the required device driver support.

It is strongly recommended that you should create a full disk backup of the source drive before attempting any clone operation - this is your safety net in case of any mistakes or issues arising etc.

The first checkpoint would be to boot your PC from the Acronis rescue media and see if your new Nvme SSD is 'seen' by the media correctly.

Note: you should install the new SSD alongside your existing working SSD but leave it unformatted then boot into Windows so that it detects the new hardware and installs drivers for it before making the backup of the OS.

NVMe SSD's normally require that the PC uses UEFI BIOS boot mode which in turn requires that drives use GPT for the partition scheme when used for booting into the OS.

Will using my TI 2017 to create the PE rescue media include the necessary drivers?  IF not, where do I find them?  Also, I only have 1 M.2 slot on my motherboard so would the clone work if the NVME was in a USB enclosure? Thank you for your help, Steve.