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Backup recovery on cloned drive

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Hello. I was trying to backup my old mechanical disk on a new one (they're the same model, same size, same name and disk letter on windows, basically it's a clone), but it won't allow me, giving me the error "cannot find the partition selected for the backup". I'm using Acronis true image WD edition.

 

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Margarita, welcome to these user forums.

Please note that OEM versions of Acronis products are supported by the vendors of those products, not by Acronis. 
See KB document: 2201: Support for OEM Versions of Acronis Products

See KB document: 48386: Acronis True Image 2015: Cloning Disks  for details of how cloning should be performed.

It is very strongly recommended that this should be done from the Acronis bootable Rescue Media and not attempted from inside of Windows.

See also the video tutorial in KB document: 56634: Acronis True Image: Cloning Disks