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Hard Drive Cloning with Acronis True Image – Video

I just uploaded a video to YouTube:

In it I am cloning a hard drive using Acronis True Image Workstation. The hard drive is from a USB hard drive enclosure; which is why I like building my own – I can upgrade when I need to for a minimum amount of cash.

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2 Comments on “Hard Drive Cloning with Acronis True Image – Video”

  1. Sue Says:

    March 14, 2008 at 8:59 am

    Thanks for the great video!
    I am about to clone a hard drive in a SONY Vaio PCV-RX860 desktop pc.
    I am sensing a soon to occur hard drive failure.
    After much internet research and consulting with a SONY tech online,
    I discovered that the recovery cds will only work to recover the original hard drive. Apparently recovery info neccesary for the cds to work correctly is contained on the orignal hard drive.
    The cds will not work on a different drive.
    So after more internet research, I found the Acronis software web site.
    I purchased the software and will clone the hard drive soon.
    I then found your video, which I am extending my heartfelt thanks to you for making and posting it. I have never cloned a hard drive before, and even though I purchased the software was still very concerned about using it to perform the cloning.
    Your video very cleary and concisely explains the entire process! Great job….THANKS!

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  2. Sue Says:

    March 14, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    Update on my comment-

    This is what I purchased:
    “Acronis® True Image 11 Home
    Add-on Tools Included!
    $40 value! Acronis® Migrate Easy
    Hard drive cloning — Upgrade to a new hard drive without the need to reinstall the operating system, applications or configure user settings.
    Add new hard disk — Expand your PC’s storage capability. ”

    And the result:
    A new larger har drive running the Sony Vaio PCV-RX860
    with all the same settings and info as contained on the old original hard drive.

    Acronis software was very easy to use and very fast too.
    Only took about 20 minutes from start to finish.
    The “worrying about doing” was much longer than the “actual doing”
    …lol
    The only real problem was deciphering and figuring out the correct jumper setting on the original drive.

    Acronis – great software!

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