Cloning
Because my internal hard drive is very old, I cloned it to an external drive. In a comparison check I discovered Acronis did not clone 10 files from the Windows folder. Will this affect the ability to restore windows if my internal hard drive fails?

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Thanks for a quick response. I'm using Acronis True Image Home 2009. I cloned C drive. I really don't care where the missing files are, only if that affects the ability of the cloned system to boot my computer. I previously had used a program called Bounce Back. That missed four files and, in a test by an IT friend, that cloning couldn't boot my computer because at least one of those files was essential to the operating system (XP Pro). That person is no longer in the area so I can't have him test Acronis.
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You should be able to shut down computer,
Remove system drive,
Install the clone drive where the system drive had been,
See that master / slave jumpers (IDE drives) are the same as the removed drive,
Connect the clone drive to the same connectors and ports that the removed drive was connected to,
Power up and the clone should boot up and operate just like the original drive did.
I have done a few TI clones (TI-10) and they all worked fine. TI-2009 should clone just as well.
Fungus
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I thought cloning the HD would copy an exact image to another HD. Is this not the case as no programme files are copied over. I am trying to transfer an exact image from a smaller HD to a larger HD but am having no success.
I'm running Windows7 if that's any help.
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Brian Martin wrote:I thought cloning the HD would copy an exact image to another HD. Is this not the case as no programme files are copied over. I am trying to transfer an exact image from a smaller HD to a larger HD but am having no success.I'm running Windows7 if that's any help.
You should start a seperate topic so replies don't get mixed up.
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