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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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Donald:

In TI talk, a "clone" is an identical drive that was created and that can be swapped for your system drive, and will boot and run just as before anything was done. A clone is not a source of files or sectors for restoring from. If you have a clone drive, put it in your computer in place of your system drive and see if it boots and runs. It should.

An "image" is a snapshot of your system drive. This image cannot be booted or run however it is perfect for using to restore a hard drive to the condition it was in when the image was created. The image is also fully capable of restoring to a new drive, that might be replacing a dying system drive.

Before a restore is needed you MUST create a TI bootable CD disk. This is how you boot to restore the image, wherever that image might be located. Boot the CD to make sure it boots your computer, and make sure it "sees" the drive your image is stored on.

Now you ask about a missing ten files, I'm unable to help with that. Tell us if you have a clone (probably) or an image (unlikely) and someone will help with your missing files. Tell us also what Acronis software you are using, version, (alt key), etc.

Fungus

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.

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

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.

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.