Cloning a drive with errors on it
Hello
I would like to know what will happen if the source drive contains error (bad sectors,etc). When writing to the target drive, are the errors ignored, corrected or something.
I think those errors were caused with some system (Win 7 32bit) freeze lately. I already executed chkdisk.
I Just hope my brand new cloned disk will not have errors like the source !
It is a data drive (not system) but I prefer to clone instead of copying because the date of folder creation are preserved (and I need the original folder date...).
I also have this message from the source drive with exclamation mark in SMART report "Reallocated Sector Count 36 100 100 1"
Thanks for your help

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Thanks for the link !
Is it the same to clone a HDD as restoring a backup ?
Also, I want to clone a 1 Tera HDD (with 2 partitions on it) to a 1.5 Tera hdd, If I've read right, this will resolve my problem !?
Thanks again for your help and sorry for my bad english !
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No cloning and restoring a backup are two different functions. Cloning makes an exact copy of your existing disk and places it on a new disk. Restoring a backup can be done to the same disk it was made from or to new replacement disk. Having a backup allows you to restore individual files and folders if needed rather than perform a complete restore. See Grover's index http://forum.acronis.com/forum/3426 section 7 for some guides on cloning and restoring backups.
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In fact, I use the XYplorer program and I discovered that I can backup files from one HDD to another without losing any date of creation and so on.
It will be much easier and safer I think.
Thanks again for your help !
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