Acronis True Image for Western Digital provides you with all the essential tools you need to recover your computer system should a disaster occur, such as losing data or accidentally deleting critical files or folders. MyBackup.tib) Īcronis True Image for Western Digital can clone drives, backup the operating system, applications, settings and all of your data.
On Backup Archive Location window unfold My Computer folder and choose an existing backup file to backup only changes that took place since the backup creation or enter file name for a new full backup (e.g.
Click Backup and Restore -> Next -> My E-mail -> Choose either Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express (e-mail client you are using) Choose it and click Next Ĥ) Then follow Wizard instructions to restore backup archive. On Backup Archive Location window unfold My Computer folder and choose CD/DVD drive Ģ) Click Backup and Restore -> Restore -> Next ģ) From Archive selection screen completely unfold drive or folder where backup archive resides in (it has *.tib extension). As a result the whole system will be unbootable.
The thing is that if the original hard drive is not removed from the computer before the first boot from the target drive Windows gets somehow 'confused' while trying to mount the letter for the system partition because it is already associated with the original hard drive. We do not recommend you to choose As Is method because it will result in unallocated space on the destination drive.ĥ) Follow wizard instructions to complete the process.Īfter the cloning is complete make sure you disconnect the original hard drive while performing the first boot from the target one.
It will stay intact and you will be able to use it later.Ĥ) On Moving Method window choose Proportional or Manual method as you have a bigger drive. Use Manual Mode for cloning -> Choose Delete partitions on the destination hard drive if it contains any partitions (note that all data on destination drive will be erased in any case, so if you have some critical information we recommend you to copy it first) or Do not delete partitions on the destination drive (in that case you should choose another hard drive).ģ) On Old Hard Disk Usage window choose Keep Data, it will not wipe your source hard drive after the cloning. Read Acronis True Image Home user guide chapter 11 'Creating bootable media' for more information about Acronis True Image Home bootable CD creation Ģ) Connect second drive. Choose Create a new full backup -> Next -> Use default options -> Next -> Click proceed button.ġ) Create Acronis bootable disc, boot from it and use 'Clone Disk' option to clone your source drive to a new drive. Next Windows will show you three choices: 1) Create a new full backup, 2) Create an incremental backup, 3) Create a differential backup. In Folder line (at the bottom of Archive Location window) type backup name (e.g MyBackup) and click Next On Backup Archive Location window unfold My Computer folder and choose your external hard disk drive Click Backup -> My Computer -> Disks and Partitions -> Choose the desired partitions for backup (partition C: is already marked) In order to perform a full disk backup to your external hard drive follow these steps: Acronis itself was never installed on the my old main HD, takes up room and goes thru the same procedure. So usually on my HP, I place my version 2016 Acronis boot CD in, power off the PC, attach my target HDD and boot off the CD and clone, using the Shutdown after cloning option (or else if rebooted, your cloned drive won't be boot-able).
With the disk cloning included in Acronis True Image, you have data migration software for HDD to HDD, SSD to SSD, or between HDDs and SSDs. In this video tutorial, I demonstrate how I cloned my hard disk drive to a solid state drive using Acronis True Image 2018 software. Select a copying method based on your requirements and click “Next”.
Install and run AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional on your Windows computer. Workaround when Acronis True Image WD Edition not clone Step 1. You’ll need to use some operating system setup features to make sure all the latest hardware is supported, or use a backup and recovery tool such as Acronis True Image 2021 with Acronis Universal Restore to support restoration of a disk to a computer with different hardware than the original computer.