Running Clone Disk from Start menu vs True Image Home Window

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NOTE: I posted this over a week ago and received no responses. Thought I'd try once more....

I have True Image 2011 (V14.0.0.6597) and I was wondering if there should be any difference whether I run Clone Disk from the True Image Home menu vs using the Windows Start to run Clone Disk directly.

When I ran Clone Disk from WinXP Start, it seemed to go thru the disk check, source/destination selection, partition info, etc. just fine. However, when it was ready to actually do the cloning, a small window popped up near the system tray and told me I had 10 mins to reboot the machine. No problem. I closed this window and then did a reboot (Note: I use a Windows QuickStart link into the shutdown routine to do a reboot). Upon the reboot I expected to see the Acronis startup and backup/clone messages, but the computer just went thru its normal boot routine into WinXP. I tried this a few times with the same results.

I then decided to try it thru the True Image Home menu and it worked as expected. One difference I noted was that when it came time to perform the reboot, a window opened with a reboot button on it (what I typically expected). So I used whatever Acronis uses as its reboot directive.

A little insight and info on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and cheers....Steph

Sun, 01/23/2011 - 20:12
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Be aware that cloning is not your safest option.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/17852#comment-53851

If you clone, your best chance of success is to perform the clone when booted from the TI Rescue CD. This removes Windows from the process.

For some computer brands, you improve your chances of success if you remove the source and put it an an alternate location such as an external enclosure; and then put the blank disk where the source was originally.

On first boot following the clone, only the clone should be attached.

Other factors which may affect the success can be whether starting sector is correct on the source disk. Cloning will not correct a starting sector which is not correct.

Cloning to an SSD disk has been posted as an adventure for some posters.

Sun, 01/23/2011 - 23:45
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Grover,

Thanks for the info and pointer regarding cloning. I will look at how to change my backup strategy so it is safer for my system.

However, this still doesn't answer my original question of why the s/w works from the True Image Home window and not from the Start->Acronis->Tools and Utilities->Clone Disk.

Cheers...Steph

GroverH wrote:

Be aware that cloning is not your safest option.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/17852#comment-53851

If you clone, your best chance of success is to perform the clone when booted from the TI Rescue CD. This removes Windows from the process.

For some computer brands, you improve your chances of success if you remove the source and put it an an alternate location such as an external enclosure; and then put the blank disk where the source was originally.

On first boot following the clone, only the clone should be attached.

Other factors which may affect the success can be whether starting sector is correct on the source disk. Cloning will not correct a starting sector which is not correct.

Cloning to an SSD disk has been posted as an adventure for some posters.

Thu, 01/27/2011 - 00:23