Acronis True Image Home 2010 on Clone HARD DISK to HARD DISK

Acronis True Image Home 2010 on Clone HARD DISK to HARD DISK

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Select Tools & Utilities

§ Automatic (recommended in most cases). In automatic mode, you will only have to take several simple actions to transfer all the data, including partitions, files and folders, to a newer disk, making it bootable if the original disk was bootable.

§ Manual. Manual mode will provide more data transfer flexibility. Manual mode can be useful if you need to change the disk partition layout.

If the program finds two disks, one partitioned and another unpartitioned, it will automatically recognize the partitioned disk as the source disk and the unpartitioned disk as the destination disk. In such case, the next steps will be bypassed and you will be taken to the cloning Summary screen.

Selecting a source disk

You can determine the source and destination using the information provided in this window (disk number, capacity, label, partition and file system information). If the program finds several partitioned disks, it will ask you which is the source (i.e. the older data disk).

The current Acronis True Image Home 2011 version does not support cloning of dynamic and GPT disks.

§ Select the source disk and click Next to continue.

Viewing disk and partition information

§ Columns - selects the columns to display. You can change the width of a column by dragging its borders with the mouse.

 Disk properties (duplicated in the context menu, invoked by right-clicking objects) - opens the selected partition or disk properties window.

This window contains two panels. The left panel contains the properties tree and the right describes the selected property in detail. The disk information includes its physical parameters (connection type, device type, size, etc.); partition information includes both physical (sectors, location, etc.), and logical (file system, free space, assigned letter, etc.) parameters.

Selecting a destination disk

After you select the source disk, you have to select the destination where the disk information will be copied to. The previously selected source becomes grayed-out and disabled for selection.

 Select the destination disk and click Next to continue.

At this point, the program checks to see if the destination disk is free. If not, you will be prompted by the Conformation window stating that the destination disk contains partitions, perhaps with useful data. To confirm deletion of the partitions, click OK. Note that no real changes or data destruction will be performed at this time! For now, the program will just map out cloning. All changes will be implemented only when you click Proceed. If any disk is unpartitioned, the program will automatically recognize it as the destination and bypass this step.