Cloning a Laptop Hard Disk

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According to to the following knowledge-Base article, when cloning a laptop hard drive, the new disk needs to be inside the laptop, and the old (source) disk needs to be connected externally. This is counter intuitive, and the opposite of how I have cloned disks in the past (usually the source disk remains inside the box, and the new disk is connected via USB).

Why is it different for laptops?

Here is the KB article:
http://kb.acronis.com/content/2931

Thank you,
-Russ

Tue, 07/19/2011 - 15:11
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Russ,

It's different because the drive geometry in laptops is often non-standard. If the new drive is connected via USB (standard geometry) and you then place it into the computer, it won't boot and load properly. Placing the drive inside the laptop lets it be seen with the correct geometry.

Some desktops have this problem too, but it's much more frequent with laptops.

Tue, 07/19/2011 - 16:00