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Disk Clone function - will it work with SSDs that are using Full Disk Encryption (Intel SSD320 with AES128)?

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I have been using ATIH for cloning my Intel SSDs to spin disks (for backup and DR) since the beginning. Always works perfectly.....including reverse cloning for Recovery.

Now I plan to upgrade from Intel 510 G2 SSD to 320 G3 SSD that will allow transparent firmware encryption on the fly. I understand how the key works when I am using the SSD in normal manner (ie bios support for decryption etc) - but have no idea what will happen when I use the (linux?) ATI cloning that loads from a re-boot (after I launch it in Win7) and completes the clone.

How will the SSD firmware get the password or key? Has anyone tried this?

If the Target Drive of the clone is a spin disk with no encyption tricky stuff - will it be de-crypted or not after the clone is done?

Looking forward to hearing from people who have tried this.

regards.....Irving

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Working with ATI and full disk encryption is really tricky. You will have to do a clone from the recovery CD. Your target disk will have to be a disk with similar features as your source.
To do the clone, put the target disk at the same spot as the current disk (source), put the source in an external enclosure, and clone from the source to the target.

Otherwise, you will have to decrypt your disk to back it up or clone.