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I need to have a backup of my hard drive that I can use immediately in case of a drive failure. Let me know if I am doing this correctly: I have Acronis True Image 2013 I purchased a USB to SATA/IDE adapter I will connect my new internal drive to my computer using the adapter Boot from the Acronis Bootable disk I created Clone C to the new hard drive using proportional To test it, disconnect my existing hard drive and boot from the new one I just cloned into Does this sound correct?, Is there anything else I need to do? Thanks, Fred C. Dobbs

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Sound plan however I would recommend that you first create a full Disk Mode backup of your OS drive for safety just in case the clone goes wrong. Additionally, take note that the adapter you plan to use could possibly become an issue as the boot/recover media might not recognize it, no way to tell for sure without trying it out though. Another note on proportional mode is that this mode is designed to be used when cloning is performed between different sized disk which you probably already know but I would be remiss in not mentioning it here. Another step you should be aware of is that your newly cloned drive would need to be physically attached internally in your machine for test boot procedures preferably to the same connector currently attached to your primary OS drive.

Just in case you're not aware, I'll offer an alternative. We recommend that users create a full disk mode backup and restore it to the new drive, rather than cloning. It's much safer than cloning, and easy to redo if something goes wrong.

Well here is something I did a couple of days ago:

I was told by my local computer store that I could clone my C drive to a 1 TB passport and then use that in case my c drive crashed by booting from it. Well I came to find out that Windows does not allow booting from a USB drive, and I proved that by disconnecting my c drive and trying to boot from the USB from the boot menu. I got the message 'c drive not found'

So now I have a full clone on a pasport drive - can I use that to copy to a new internal drive using a sata to usb adapter?

If so, how would I set that up in acronis? As a restore?

Fred C. Dobbs wrote:

I was told by my local computer store that I could clone my C drive to a 1 TB passport and then use that in case my c drive crashed by booting from it.

That was bad advice. Sad that they don't know how Windows works.

A Passport drive is, however, an excellent place to store full disk mode backups. That's what I use. In fact I use two Passport drives in rotation.

Fred C. Dobbs wrote:
So now I have a full clone on a pasport drive - can I use that to copy to a new internal drive using a sata to usb adapter?

No. Do what I suggested.

>>Just in case you're not aware, I'll offer an alternative. We recommend that users create a full disk mode backup and restore it to the new drive, rather than cloning. It's much safer than cloning, and easy to redo if something goes wrong.<<

So let me get this right:

I take my new internal HDD and attach it with the adapter, then I use the Acronis boot disk and do a full disk backup to the new drive.

Can I then disconnect my old c drive and connect the new one and boot from it and use it?

I just want the easiest way to have a backup drive in case my disk crashes. I do all my business on my computer and cannot afford to ever be down.

You would make a full disk mode backup to the external HD (the Passport). You may do that either from within the ATI Windows application, or from the ATI bootable Rescue Media.

If you need to switch to a new internal HD, such as after disk failure, you would restore the image. You would remove the old drive and install the new drive in the primary position. You would boot from the ATI bootable Rescue Media and perform a full disk restore.

You should spend time learning how ATI works. Check out the many user guides and tutorials in the left margin of this forum, particularly Getting Started and Grover's True Image Guides which are illustrated with step-by-step screenshots.
In particular, 29618: Grover's new backup and restore guides http://forum.acronis.com/forum/29618
There's also a full on-line user manual, and a downloadable user manual.
Grover's How to Create a "Disk Image" or "Disk Mode" Image: http://forum.acronis.com/forum/38691

Thank you, I will do the backup to the passport tonight, I have the adapter coming from Amazon, and I'm ordering a new HDD, so when they come I will take out my existing drive put the new one in and test the process.

You're welcome.