TrueImage

I want to clone my hard drive I am useing Acronis True Image 9.0 version . When I go to clone it tells me it will delete partition on destination hard drive now will that delete any infomation I already have on the detinaton drive?

Also can I clone to a cd ? I bought Acronis on Steve Tips worldStart software deal don't come with a manual.

 

Hello Bob,

Support forum for Acronis here: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/index.php

 

Acronis True Image 9.0 User Guide
Do you want to "Save" a image of your current bootup drive??
-OR-
Do you want to install/create a new bootup drive??

 

True Image

thank you


Put image on a extermal drive

 

Use the Backup/Image option with destination to external drive and your good to go.
You should be using the latest version for Acronis True Image Home 9.0, build #3854.

 

True Image

now that I clone my hard drive to a external drive

1. can I store any other info on that drive ?.

2. and how do I restore my clone image if I have to format my computer then use my restore disk what came with computer then after all that how do I restore my clone image?.

3. If I want to format my external drive and erase the clone image do I just use format?

ty

 

The terminolgy is Image - not clone which is something else. Dennis asked you:

To which you answered:

To answer your questions.

Yes.

You don't format your hard drive - Acronis will handle the process.

No formatting needed, you just delete as any other file. Formating would erase any other info on the drive.

 

True Image

I clone my hard disk drive by copying a partition to my external hard drive

Program I used is Acronis True Image version 9.0 build 2,323

 

bobm735

Myself and other posters are concerned in which process you chose verse to which process you need.
We must begin with an agreement of the words we say to describe what you want to accomplish.
First, let's start with what you want to do.

A) Do you want to create a special type of backup file(s) which contain all of the information on your boot drive. This is normally on your C drive.

B) Do you want / need to REMOVE your current drive from your computer and replace with a different drive??

PLEASE CHOOSE process A or B.
If process B, please give a brief explanation why?

 

True Image

first I saved a image of my hard drive on to a external hard drive now I want to no if I can save files and folders on the same drive without causing problems with my Image I saved of my hard drive.

 

Should be no problem. A Image file is just another file.

Could you please answer the following question.
When you created this Image file and stored it on external drive, did Acronis ask you to Re-boot the computer when the process ended??
The answer I need is YES -or- NO.
Thanks

 

True Image

Thank you