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If I create a clone of my system drive, can I then back up to it until I choose to move it to a new computer? i.e. like a mirror.

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A Clone is a singe-time operation. A disk can contain only one clone. You could do a fresh clone, but that would overwrite the previous clone.

Almost no one should use Clone. While Clone saves a step and saves a bit of time compared to Backup and Restore, it comes with risks as if you don't do it correctly you can end up with a non-booting system.

Your best course is to make a full disk mode backup, which includes all partitions (even hidden ones), to an external HD. That will include everything: Windows; all your settings; all your installed software applications; all your data; ... everything.

Each backup is saved as a compressed .tib archive. As such, multiple .tib archives may be saved to a single backup drive, allowing for greater redundancy, security and flexibility.

Once a full disk image .tib archive is restored to a drive, the result is the same as if that drive had been the target of a clone done on the date and time that the backup archive was created.

I made the back up into a partition on the new drive.

I want the contents of that back up to be on a partition on the same drive which I can boot from in a new computer. I'm concerned about how to do this and the steps required to make it a bootable disk. I am a little over my head and appreciate any help you can give me.