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2019 - Tools - Clone Disk - Source Options

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In the clone disk tool, why can't you point the "Source Disk" to a ".tib" file created by backup?  I can't seem how to do this. This would seem to be basic functionality.  Am I missing something?

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Richard, welcome to these public User Forums.

If you want to use a .tib file as the source for your operation, then you are not doing a Clone but are doing a Recovery or Restore.

Please see KB 1540: Difference between Backup and Disk Clone - where the differences in these two methods are explained in more detail.

Thanks Steve, I did read that article earlier.  So based on that, what I'm asking seems impossible then.  If I have an image on disk ( .tib ) file, I can't copy that image to a new physical hard drive.

Richard, restoring .tib image files to new or original disk drives is the core function of ATI, just not by using the clone feature.

Ideally, if the .tib file is an image of a Windows OS drive, then you should be booting the computer from the Acronis bootable Rescue Media then using the standalone ATI application to recover the contents of the .tib file to your new or original drive.

See KB 61632: Acronis True Image 2019: how to create bootable media

Also KB 61621: Acronis True Image 2019: How to restore your computer with WinPE-based or WinRE-based media

In my scenario, my server would have images of all the pc's I need. I would think I could:

1) hook up a new blank physical drive to my server

2)  copy the image over the the new disk

3) insert the disk into my workstation pc and boot. Done.

Very simple, but I guess not doable.

Using this method, I don't see any reason for creating a Acronis bootable Rescue Media device or having to store the image on an external device.

Seems Acronis is steering you to use their own cloud solution vs the simpler (IMHO) DIY solution above.

Richard, sorry but there are several issues with the procedure that you have outlined.

First, Acronis True Image is intended for use on Windows desktop systems, not on servers.

Second, you cannot just copy the backup image .tib file to a new disk much the same as you cannot do this with an ISO image of a CD/DVD or Bluray disc - you have to use special software which can read the structure and contents of the image file and then replicate that structure & contents on the target drive.

If what you really are doing here is wanting to store and deploy images of different computer systems to new disk drives, then you may need to consider looking at the Acronis Snap Deploy product instead which is more suited to such purposes.

Another consideration when deploying backup images to new drives is that the BIOS mode that is used by the Windows OS in those backup images needs to be preserved if you want the target drive to boot when installed back in the computer.  If all your computers use UEFI BIOS mode for booting into Windows, and your computer where you are restoring the images to the drives uses the same, then there should not be an issue, but if you have a mix of Legacy and UEFI systems, then this becomes an important point in the process.

> First, Acronis True Image is intended for use on Windows desktop systems, not on servers

I meant a "server" as a Windows 7/10 pc with lots of disk. Not a windows Server OS. 

> you cannot just copy the backup image .tib file to a new disk

Yes you can. The option I was looking for was "Backup" -> "Recovery" -> THEN THE BUTTON "RECOVER DISKS"

This does what I'm looking for.  "RECOVER DISKS" IMHO is a terrible name for the button. A much better UI ( again IMHO ) would be to have the menu be:

Backup | Activity | Recover Files | Recover disk.

Richard, glad that you have found the option that will work for you.  Please use the Feedback tool to make your views about the UI design known directly to Acronis.