Clone Does Not see External HDD
Howdy
I have bought a SSD (480GB) from Kingston and am attempting to Clone my laptops HDD (360GB). This SSD comes with ATI cloning software. I inserted the new SSD into the laptop, changed the BIOS to load from CD (Boot Mode = "Legacy"), connected the USB Drive (holding the laptops HDD) and restarted the laptop.
The ATI software launched, and I selected Clone Disk (automatic), but when it asks me to select the Source Disk, the external USB does not show as a selectable option.
My laptop is a Sony Vaio: Model: SVE1712C5E, running on Windows 8.1 (upgraded from Windows 8).
I have subsequent purchased ATI 2015, as I like what this software does. Before I create a bootable disk from this software to attempt cloning, is there anything else I should be considering as to why the clone does not show the external HDD as a Source?
In assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Les

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Greetings Les,
Glad to hear you got a clone of your drive working. For next time, you might consider creating a full disk image backup and restoring it to a new disk. The is safer and offers greater restore flexibility.
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Many thanks for your reply shadowsports
I will definitely consider a full disk image in future. I was only following the vendors instructions going down the clone path (as I am not used to this cloning \ restoring work). However from reading the guides \ forum posts that are available for this product, it does give me a much wider functionality and confidence to go the full disk image route.
Cheers Les
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