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Does NOT see Ext. Toshiba Drive

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Got a Brand new DELL Inspiron multicore, running Windows 8, + a brand new, Toshiba 3.0 USB, 2 TB Ext. drive , and when I tried to Clone the C;\ with a TI CD, it said it neesd another Drive .

Looks like TI cannot see theToshiba Ext. drive, even thought Windows 8 identifies it in the Disk Management.what's up with that?.

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While booted to the Acronis Rescue Media, select the tool "Add a new disk" and see if the Rescue Media can see your external drive, if so, have the tool initialize the drive as MBR before attempting the clone, if not it is possible that the Linux based Acronis Rescue Media does not support the USB 3.0 port controller on your system. If you have any USB 2.0 ports, try and connect the external drive to them and see if your results are different.

What version of True Image are you using?

Yeah, plugging it into a 2.0 Port, and tried to "Add New Disk" it did shows up.

Should I initialize the Ext. Drive and hope it will show up if , I plug it in a 3.0 Port?

Just Disappointe that I have a 3.0 USB drive and a PC that supports 3.0 and I cannot use the Acronis Recovery CD/2013 Plus Pack to do a Clone.....

Does it show up while booted to the 2013 Rescue Media while connected to the USB 3.0 port using the "add a new disk" tool? If so, use the tool to initialize the disk. It will then show up as a disk with "unallocated" space, which then can be used to clone, or can be partitioned and formatted to allow for backup images to be stored on it.

Acronis Rescue Media is Linux based, and supports a large number of hard disk and USB controllers, but not all. There are new manufacturers and new chipsets being released regularly. Since you have the Plus Pack, you could create Windows based (WinPE) Acronis Rescue Media that has wider support for hardware built in, and can be modified with new drivers to support hardware that is not included in the Linux version or the Windows WinPE based image.

"Does it show up while booted to the 2013 Rescue Media while connected to the USB 3.0 port using the "add a new disk" tool?" - Unfortunately, the answer is NO !!

James F wrote:

Acronis Rescue Media is Linux based, and supports a large number of hard disk and USB controllers, but not all. There are new manufacturers and new chipsets being released regularly. Since you have the Plus Pack, you could create Windows based (WinPE) Acronis Rescue Media that has wider support for hardware built in, and can be modified with new drivers to support hardware that is not included in the Linux version or the Windows WinPE based image.

Is tat difficult to do?

http://kb.acronis.com/content/34318 for instructions.

To create a Windows 8 based WinPE Acronis Rescue ISO (Can be created in Windows 7): http://forum.acronis.com/forum/35238

Is it better to do a Backup or a Clone, just in case i need this "Original" 2 TB that came with DELL the "Stock Computer"

Doing a Backup - "sector By Sector" onto the 2 TB 3.0 USB, Toshiba, plugging it into the 2.0 USB Port - OMG !! 3 hours to accomplish Task !!

A full disk backup is the way to go. The backup image can be restored to your system in event of system software or hardware problems or to replace your hard disk. The main benefit of having backup images instead of cloning, is that cloning creates an exact duplicate drive, where a backup image creates an exact backup of your drive to a file stored on the destination drive, and you can have many such backup images allowing you to restore from any of them. This gives you the ability to restore from multiple points in time.

Sector-by-sector options is not necessary for normal backup operations, and is only used in cases where you have an unknown/un-supported file system, or are trying to recover lost data. This increases the size of the backup because it backs up every sector on the disk. Normal mode only backs up the used sectors, but would include everything you need for a proper restore.

See this guide from MVP Grover on how to effectively set up a backup routine in 2013:
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/28705
This applies to an installed version.

You can create full, incremental, and differential backups from the Rescue Media also.

If you do decide to install 2013, the external disk can be connected to the USB 3.0 port and will works fine for backup operation at USB 3.0 speeds. Only if you need to restore whole partitions onto your system drive or wish to boot from the Rescue Media for backup/restore operations, would you need to connect it to the USB 2.0 port. File and folder restores from either file/folder based backups, or disk/partition based backups, could be restored while in Windows with the external drive connected to the USB 3.0 port.

If you do decide to install 2013, the external disk can be connected to the USB 3.0 port and will works fine for backup operation at USB 3.0 speeds. Only if you need to restore whole partitions onto your system drive or wish to boot from the Rescue Media for backup/restore operations, would you need to connect it to the USB 2.0 port. File and folder restores from either file/folder based backups, or disk/partition based backups, could be restored while in Windows with the external drive connected to the USB 3.0 port.

Are u saying that if I install ATI 2013 onto the New SSD drive that has windows 8, then un the future, I can plug in the Ext drive into the 3.0 port and use it as a Backup Drive to store the image?

Cuz' now I created the Rescue Media from my Window 7 from another PC., which ATI 2013 + Pack is installed.

Yes, the installed version of 2013 will use Windows drivers to access your external disk connected to the USB 3.0 port. This will allow backups to be made at USB 3.0 port speeds. The Rescue Media created on the Windows 7 system would be the same as if it were created on the Windows 8 system. The Rescue Media would still not recognize your USB 3.0 ports. When doing system partition and disk restores from the external drive, you would have to connect your external drive back to one of your USB 2.0 ports.

You would need a separate license for each system that the 2013 version is used on, whether you install it of not. Using the Rescue Media on a second system requires a license for that use. If you have 2013 installed on your Windows 7 system, and are using the Acronis Rescue Media that is licensed to that system on your Windows 8 system, you are violating the terms of the license agreement. The bootable Rescue Media is not tied to a particular system, but the license to use it is. The installed version uses activation to prevent use on more than the number of systems the license is for.

James F wrote:

Yes, the installed version of 2013 will use Windows drivers to access your external disk connected to the USB 3.0 port. This will allow backups to be made at USB 3.0 port speeds. The Rescue Media created on the Windows 7 system would be the same as if it were created on the Windows 8 system. The Rescue Media would still not recognize your USB 3.0 ports. When doing system partition and disk restores from the external drive, you would have to connect your external drive back to one of your USB 2.0 ports.

You would need a separate license for each system that the 2013 version is used on, whether you install it of not. Using the Rescue Media on a second system requires a license for that use. If you have 2013 installed on your Windows 7 system, and are using the Acronis Rescue Media that is licensed to that system on your Windows 8 system, you are violating the terms of the license agreement. The bootable Rescue Media is not tied to a particular system, but the license to use it is. The installed version uses activation to prevent use on more than the number of systems the license is for.

Thank you soo.much for the help. I was able to installed the SSD, did a Clone,and the whole operation went without a hitch, just taht I might have swap the disk connection to the Motherboard wrong with the SATA CD/DVD Instead.

The Sammsung 840 SSD identifies as Disk 1, instead of Disk 0, which I wan o be Dissk 0

So, I neeed a separate license to have ATI install on windows 8, then I can use the USB 3.0 ports, Right ?

You would need a second license (serial number) if you are going to install 2013 on your Windows 8 system and keep it on your Windows 7 system. If you are not going to use 2013 on your Windows 7 system any longer, you can "move" the license (serial number) to the Windows 8 system. If you are gong to keep using 2013 on the Windows 7 system, and install 2013 on the Windows 8 system with the same serial number, the product will refuse to activate because the serial number will show as already being activated on your Windows 7 system.