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Harddisk cloning problems

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I try to cone my Internal Harddisk (Samsung 2.5" 1000GB) to the same Harddisk type, connected to a USB 2 Port.

With TrueImage Home 2011 it was possible to clone the Harddisk.
With TrueImage Home 2012 the cloning fails.

The Notebook is restarting.
You will see the ARONIS Logo and for a Short time an light blue screen.
Then the Notebook reboots again and Windows 7 (32bit) is starting up again.
No Error Message will be displayed

regards

Torsten

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On a notebook, the best cloning method is as follows:
- take the source out of the computer, put it in an external enclosure and connect it to the computer,
- put the new disk inside the laptop,
- boot the laptop on the Acronis recovery CD,
- do the clone. Pay extra attention as the drive letters on the CD are not the same as in windows. Do not clone your new disk on the old disk!

I always tried to clone the other way. (The Source is inside the Notebook, the New, Cloned Harddisk stays as External Harddisk)

I clone my Harddisk every week (on the weekend), so if something happens, I don't loose to many Importend data and I just remove the old Harddisk and insert the cloned Harddisk

Only in case that the Main Harddisk gets faulty, I will swap the Harddisk.

If I create an Bootable Media and Start TrueImage 2012 from There, the cloning is working as aspected

It seams that there is still a bug in the Software, that it doesn't work direct from Windows (aftr rebooting)

regards

Torsten

Probably. For a long time now, versions of ATI have been working better from the recovery CD when it is about cloning a system disk.

Does your advice hold true for a PC?
( I wish to clone the main HDD in my PC by using an external enclosure connected via USB.)

I've had Acronis 9.0 Home for a few years, but have never before used it for cloning. Now my main HDD is clicking away, however, I guess it's time I cloned!