I picked up DD12 at Fry's on sale because the box said I could clone my current C drive and not have to reinstall windows.
But my current C drive is GPT. Shouldn't the box have given a warning or notification? Is that true? It would seem pretty silly if that were the case. Why wouldn't that capability be in DD12? I'm far from being an expert on these things but I'm not a novice either.
Usually I check out the specs online before I buy, but this was an impulse purchase because it was on sale and bragged on the box it would do just what I needed it to do. So, is there an easy way to get Win 10 and my programs currently on my c drive to the SSD and make it my boot drive? DD12 hasn't been updated since Decemberwhereas True Image is continutally updated at least quarterly with minor verions and annually with a major version. I'm not sure what Fry's software return policy is, but I would try to take it back and grab an Acronis True Image Home license instead.
Alternatively, you can take a backup and restore that backup with the same results, but with the added benefit of having a backup for safety and fewer limitations as well. Check out these 2 forums with some of my thoughts on clone vs backup and the limitations of cloning the right way with Acronis.
That said, if you simply want to clone, there are relatively cheap hardware devices out there that don't care if the disk is MBR or GPT, 4K, or whatever. As long as the new disk is of the same size or larger, a hardware clone can be very handy and they also double as an external USB hard drive case and the clone can be done completely without a computer.
If you do go this route, again though, I would still highly recommend a backup program such as ATIH to take your backup, before attempting any type of clone process whether through a cloning dock, Acronis, or any other method. Having a good backup before doing anything like this is your safetynet - trust me, I've seen people clone the blank drive to their data drive, wiping them both with software and with the hardware docks and, well, you acronis true image 2017 gpt clone free download never know.
MVP LogViewer MVP Google Drive Cleanup Utility Cloning Correctly Clone vs Backup Community Tools Contact Support Product Documentation Common OEM Drivers. Thanks for the reply. I guess what got me riled was that Acronis claimed on the box the software would do something then after installation, casually informing me "No, only under certain circumstances". Sure, you can use your Windows installer disc and install the OS brand new to any new disk in the same computer.
However, if you are asking if you can just move the OS and nothing else, no that is not possible. It does not deal with transferring just the OS, or jus a user profile, or just applications as there are references all over acronis true image 2017 gpt clone free download disk and the registry that are not taken into account. If you want to transfer the installed OS, then you must do a full disk or parition backup and restore, or acronis true image 2017 gpt clone free download full disk clone.
Authored on. Order Asc Desc. Date within - Any - 1 day 3 days 1 week 2 weeks 1 month 2 months 6 months 1 year. Thread needs acronis true image 2017 gpt clone free download. Barney Johnson. Posts: 1. Comments: 1. Forum Hero. Posts: Comments: Posts: 0. I would like to know if on crucial MX can be installed the operating system without cloning the c drive.
