Remove Laptop SATA to Clone?
I am wondering if it's possible to clone a lop-top SATA drive to a desktop SATA drive by removing the laptop drive and wiring it into a desktop and cloning from there.
Possible?


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Hello Max,
Thank you for finding time to open the thread regarding this question, I will be glad to address it!
If you're planning to boot from the desktop drive, I would suggest you to backup and restore the image of the laptop drive with the help of Acronis True Image Home 2011 and its Acronis Universal Restore.
You see, when you clone the drive, you're cloning all the data of the source drive, including the boot sector/files and drivers, which are adjusted to the laptop hardware, and thus the cloned drive may fail to boot on the desktop.
If you would like to exchange the hard drives, and use the desktop SATA on laptop, then the cloning should occur with the desktop SATA inserted to the laptop and source drive attached to the machine via USB. You can find the detailed steps in this KB article.
Should you need anything else or have any further questions - feel free to contact us at your earliest convenience, we will be happy to help you!
Thank you!
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Ignore- My mistake. wrong thread.
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