Copy my Hard Drive

[howardb]

Hi, thanks for the reply. It didn't ask me to make an Rescue Boot CD.

When I try and create one, I get this error:

I haven't had that error before - I just made a rescue disc on my system using a new Verbatim CD-RW - did a full CD format first, then made the rescue CD in True Image Home Edition (version 11 I think) - no problems. Maybe try outputting it to an ISO image first and then burn it to CD with Nero or similar?

Sometimes, I find that certain media give problems with certain writers - fo CD-RW's that have had previous data on them, I always do a full format first... what make CD's are you using?

Is your Acronis TI a retail version or a cracked version? Most cracked versions apparently have errors, that's why I have the retail version...

 

[howardb]

One more question

What is the difference between the back and the clone.

how do you implement each one?

AFAIK

- A backup is usually incremental/full data, although you can backup a full disk with certain backup programs.

- A clone image is usually a full drive or partition image, that can be used to deploy an operating system and settings on one or more PC's

 

[Zulash]

i have heard good things about CloneZilla

 

[kiepie]

I haven't had that error before - I just made a rescue disc on my system using a new Verbatim CD-RW - did a full CD format first, then made the rescue CD in True Image Home Edition (version 11 I think) - no problems. Maybe try outputting it to an ISO image first and then burn it to CD with Nero or similar?

Sometimes, I find that certain media give problems with certain writers - fo CD-RW's that have had previous data on them, I always do a full format first... what make CD's are you using?

Is your Acronis TI a retail version or a cracked version? Most cracked versions apparently have errors, that's why I have the retail version...

The 3 CD's is used was blank. I made an .iso file instead, used Nero to write it and make it bootable. When the ATI screen appears, it gives me an error that i need " Linux Kernel"

 

[kiepie]

AFAIK

- A backup is usually incremental/full data, although you can backup a full disk with certain backup programs.

- A clone image is usually a full drive or partition image, that can be used to deploy an operating system and settings on one or more PC's

Thanks for all your responses!

All I want is to make a clone/backup of a pc that I bought with all the drivers on already. After the pc is messed up with silly programs and viruses, I want to get the clean version back, without having issues with the drivers an OS!

Any idea, what to do then?

Thanks

 

[howardb]

The 3 CD's is used was blank. I made an .iso file instead, used Nero to write it and make it bootable. When the ATI screen appears, it gives me an error that i need " Linux Kernel"

That's very strange - the HDD that you're trying to clone, does it only contain Windows operating system or does it have Linux to? Is it a dual-boot PC with more than one operating system?

Have you changed the BIOS setup to make the PC boot from the CD - if this is not done on some systems, then the BIOS may be trying to boot from a HDD when it gets to a certain point.

Thanks for all your responses!

All I want is to make a clone/backup of a pc that I bought with all the drivers on already. After the pc is messed up with silly programs and viruses, I want to get the clean version back, without having issues with the drivers an OS!

Any idea, what to do then?

Thanks

Are you able to remove the HDD from the PC you bought, and hook it up to another PC to clone with Acronis TI - this may prevent any issues with a dual-boot system or a system with hidden partitions. If it is a laptop, the manufacturers often partition the primary hard drive into 2 or more partitions, and dump either a hidden partition or a protected partition with all their drivers and recovery disc info - very annoying and a pain.

When you are in Acronis TI, what information is given about the partitions on the HDD you're trying to clone? -- when you select Clone Disk under the "Pick a Task" section and get to the screen titled Source Hard Disk, how many disks are shown? If there is only one, click it once and you should see the detailed partition information about that specific HDD - it will show you if there are one or more partitions, hidden or otherwise.

If there is only one partition listed, then I'm baffled... if there is more than one listed, then this is probably where the problem lies - when cloning, you will have to select each individual partition, as they will probably be in different disk/file formats, eg. Linus, NTFS, FAT32, etc...

 

[killat]

This is quite a mouth full!

I assume that is an extra download?



Please explain?

You Can download BartPE Here: http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#download
DriveImage XML Here: http://www.snapfiles.com/download/dlDriveImageXML.html
And The DriveImage XML Cab file here: http://www.runtime.org/peb.htm

What I mean is you should copy your entire Windows XP installation disc to a folder on your hard drive and start BartPE. If you follow my instructions it should work just fine. Good Luck! Everything is free by the way and all downloads shoudnt exceed 10 MB!

 

[bdt]

Why is this still an issue? ..I know DriveImage XML, it's also a tool I use when I'm not using xxclone and I want a different result but for the job of cloning a newly setup *CLEAN* drive on which you've done all that painful/painstaking setup work, xxclone WILL do the job. It really is as simple as running the prog on the host/source drive from within Windows onto the target drive, shutting down and pulling either one out to keep as a known good spare.

 

[Arthur]

What is the difference between the back and the clone.

how do you implement each one?

A Backup and a Clone are not the same thing.

A backup is when all the data on the partition/disk is stored in the backup file(s). You can later restore the entire image or individual files/folders. In Acronis True Image the backup filetype is *.TIB. Backup files can be browsed just like regular folders, and you can copy&paste from the backup file (really a virtual disk) to another drive/folder. Acronis True Image can image a drive on the fly, ie no need to shut down apps or boot to DOS. Later you can restore the image to another drive or to a virtual machine and run it as normal - everything is exactly as when you created the backup image.

A clone is when a disk/partition is replicated from one disk to another, ie the file structure and files/folders are copied from one physical hdd to another so that the target drive is identical to the source drive (though Acronis allows you to clone to larger target partition). Be very careful when you create a clone of your main system drive (primary active partition). If you reboot a Windows system with two primary active partitions attached, Windows will disable one of them (which one depends on how they're attached to the controller).

In Acronis True Image Echo Workstation, which I have and swear by, you implement a backup by clicking Backup. You implement a clone by clicking Clone Drive. They are not the same thing.