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I have a desktop and have never backed it up so I decided it was time to do so. It has a 500G. HD. I wanted to be able should this drive fail to merely swap in a new drive so I got a new WD 500G HD and an external case. The connection to the PC is USB 2.0. Using True Image 2011 I went to make a clone but the process failed almost immediately (no specific code). I was able to make a disk backup using TI 2011. Will I be able to simply swap the HD if my primary fails with a "back up" or do I need a clone for this? Does anyone know wht the clone would not work?
THanks for any help you might be able to offer.

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You will not be able to boot your system using the "Backup", you can restore that "Backup" to another HDD and get your system up and running again though... Clone would allow you to boot from that HDD but I'm rather sure it will not work from the USB drive and you need to mount that HDD inside your system to boot from (this will also make the clone/backup process ALLOT faster!)

Also this is not a business product so would suggest posting all future questions in the appropriate section to ensure faster and more accurate replies:

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Bob,
If your objective is to be able to get your computer back if your disk fails, the most basic things you need are:
- a disk and partition backup, including *all* partitions of your current system disk. This will create a TIB file you can store on a USB disk,
- an Acronis True Image (ATI) recovery CD that you test by booting on it and browsing to your backup, then restoring a couple of files.

Once this is done your computer is protected. YOu can then create new disk and partition backups, or become more sophisticated in your backup strategy if you are worried about space, etc.

Cloning a disk is possible, but is not a regular type of operation, like a disk and partition backup. Also, cloning creates some risks to your original disk. A regular backup doesn't. A regular backup and a cloning process use the same technology. The only difference is that a backup transfer the information into temporary storage (a tib file) whereas a clone lay it out on the other disk immediately.