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Will not clone my hdd on new Lenovo G510 to SSD

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I have used Clone disk, but when rebooting the PC ask for boot disk. I have used disk managerf and I can see the disk is blank, no partitions on the new SSD (target disk).

Can you please support ?

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Cloning should be performed only from the ATI bootable Rescue Media. You should never allow the PC to reboot to Windows with both disks attached. If a laptop, you should install the new drive in its internal position, and clone from the old drive in an external bay or other non-primary location.

Plus, it would be much safer to create a full disk mode backup and restore it, rather than to clone. Please read the many threads on cloning to learn why not to do it, or to learn how to do it properly, as you choose.

Thank you for the answer.

I did replace the ssd with the old hhd, but could not boot for the ssd.

I did buy the clone disk sw for cloning my hdd to ssd, not to make a backup. If the clone disk sw do not work as is should then they should give it a different name.

I hope someone from the acronis will give an answer too.

A full disk mode backup and restore will achieve the identical end as a clone, but it is much safer.

A full disk mode backup and restore will achieve the identical end as a clone, but it is much safer. Once restored, the disk will be bootable.

So I will have to make a backup to my SSD, but can I then restore the backup to the same ssd ?

No. You would make a backup to another disk, such as an external USB HD.

Sorry this do not work!

I have made the backup my external SSD via USB, but then I can not restore on the same SSD.

I have also tried to make a backup to an internal drive ex: F:/, but the sw will not restore to my external SSD.

This is just wast of time, I will ask for a full refund of the SW, it did not meet my expectation.

When there is a clone disk option it should work, it does not work. I have now tried this many times, and every times my pc come up with boot error.

To clone you need to:
- put the SSD at the same spot as the original disk (the SSD is the target here)
- put the original disk on another connector in the computer (the original disk is the source disk). You can use a USB to Sata adaptor to do this on a laptop.
- boot the computer on the Acronis recovery medium (CD or USB stick)
- clone the source to the target
- shut down the computer
- disconnect the OLD disk
- reboot.

It should reboot. Worst case, Windows will repair some startup issues.

As Tuttle said, cloning is a risky operatio regardless of the software you use. Many users get confused and end up cloning the destination onto the source and lose their entire source disk... This is why you'd better do a complete disk backup of your source before cloning. At this point, you can either go ahead with your cloning operation, or you could simply restore your backup onto the new SSD. Hence Tuttle recommendations.

Bill,
You do not indicate which version of Windows nor whether MBR or GPT type partitioning.

You need to be aware that TI 2014 does not support the cloning of GPT disks.
If yours is GPT, your only choice when TrueImage is the backup and restore option.
If Win 8.1, there is a good chance it is GPT.