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Restoring a cloned disk

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What is the procedure to restore a cloned disk in it's entirety when using True Image 2014 Premium? O/S is Windows 8.1.

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You have to use the recovery CD.
In Acronis parlance, a clone is what results from a cloning operation. This operation creates the same (scaled) disk as the orginal, with the same partitions, etc. An image is the result of a disk and partition backup. When you restore an image you have the options to select or manipulate the partitions you restore. When you clone, you don't have this opportunity. Clone = backup + restore

I have swapped a mechanical hard drive for a ssd drive and am wondering what I can do to return the mechanical drive to it's original state so that I can stash it away in case I need to re-install it because of some kind of failure?