Disk cloning
Hi,
I have a 1TB disk which I have created two partitions on. I am going to replace this disk with a 2TB disk and I wonder if I can clone just the C:\ partition to the new drive - is there such a choice in Acronis True Image 2017? Or will I have to delete the D:\ partition and clone the disk as just one C:\ partition? I hope you can understand my question.
Kind regards


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Hi Steve,
Thanks for your reply. When I bought my last laptop I installed everything I needed on the Windows 11 system and configured it. Then I replaced the 256 GB disk with a 1 TB disk and cloned it with Acronis True Image 2017 via USB and it worked fine. I have image backups so if anything goes wrong I always have a way to restore, besides I can put my 1 TB disk back and nothing will be changed, right?
Do you still think I should use Backup & Recovery? Is there a lifetime license for Backup & Restore or is there only annual plans?
Kind regards | Ulf Frodahl
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Ulf, your existing license for ATI 2017 should still work fine for you with Win 11 provided that you check that you are able to see your internal 2TB disk when booting the system from rescue media.
Note: if the rescue media does not see your internal disk drive, then you would need to inject the additional device drivers that the drive needs, which can only be done for WinPE type media.
The key advantages of using Backup & Recovery are in the flexibility that this gives you along with the protection of being able to remove the original working 1TB disk and store it safe away from any accident, corruption etc.
I personally have been using Backup & Recovery for my own main laptop which I have upgraded multiple times starting from 128GB to 500GB then to 1TB and most recently to 2TB (all NVMe M.2 SSD drives).
See forum topic: Steve migrate NVMe SSD where I have documented (with images) the process that I have used.
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Hi Steve,
Thanks for your explanation
Kind regards
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