Easy one...Cloning Advice
Hi guys
I wondered if you could advise me if I'm using the software in the correct way. I've had a search around but am still none the wiser.
What I'm trying do is make a few std images of company laptops and desktops so that when a new one is ordered a can just dump a basic windows image on it with our std software. All the laptops and desktops will be exactly the same model. So what I have done is create an Acronis bootable CD and I want to boot to it, copy/clone the PC/laptop image and save it to an external 2TB drive (there will only be 15 or so images in total.)
At present I havent got a 2TB drive so I am just testing with a 64GB USB memory stick. But when I select clone from the bootable CD it tells me that I need another hard drive attached, it doesnt recognise the USB memory stick, but if I select the Backup option it does recognise the USB stick, so I'm assuming I'm going about the cloning process incorrectly. Any advise please? Thanks.
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Thank you for the advice.
I tried using the 'Backup' option previously to 'Clone' and have used it in a previous version of Acronis, but I thought something had changed as instead of giving me one .tib file it created 4 - I just want 1 if possible. Why does it create 4? Sorry to be needy....
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You cannot use the "Backup" command to clone. Again, you confuse the two. They are very different operations, with very different outcomes and hugely different risk.
A single backup operation run once could create four files because:
- the target disk is formatted FAT32, which has a maximum file size limit of 4 GB. Anything larger must be split.
- you selected the option to have the backup split into file chunks capable of being burned to DVD-R disks, or CD-R disks.
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Just before I saw your post I realised my USB was formatted to FAT32....apologies!! Problem solved. Thanks for your time.
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You should reformat it to NTFS.
If it contains irreplaceable data, back that up first as the reformat will erase it.
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