If Macrium Reflect failed to clone from rescue media, you may consider doing an image backup instead of cloning. You can backup pc to an external hard drive or NAS network location, and then restore the image to your new hard drive or SSD. In this way, the system and other data will all be transferred to the new disk. Just trying to clone my HDD to SSD and it keeps coming up failed. An Acronis True Image.tib file which contains the 'image' of that disk then.

Hi all,

I have a problem with 2011 True Image.

I have booted from the Acronis CD and tried to clone my win 7 64bit. When i go to clone the drive to another internal volume, it comes up with Clone Disk Operation Failed.

Have tried 2 different drives with same issue.

Can anyone help me please?

Thanks

Before you clone, do you have a full and complete backup of entire system disk being cloned?
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/17852#comment-53851

Are you cloning to a smaller or larger disk?
Is either disk an SSD disk?
Are you using automatic or manual cloning?
Is the target disk blank or formatted?

As you look at your source disk in Windows Disk Management view, how are the partitions sequenced? Which is first, second, etc.

Before you clone, do you have a full and complete backup of entire system disk being cloned?
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/17852#comment-53851

Are you cloning to a smaller or larger disk?
Is either disk an SSD disk?
Are you using automatic or manual cloning?
Is the target disk blank or formatted?

As you look at your source disk in Windows Disk Management view, how are the partitions sequenced? Which is first, second, etc.

Hi

Yes i have a backup on another drive.

Nope not using SSD

Tried Auto and Manual

The drive i'm trying to clone to is a 1 partition volume.

Hope this helps, thanks for your time.
Darren

Hopefully, this is NOT a Dell machine?

As I am understanding your response, the Windows Disk Mangement shows that you have only one partition (no partitions without drive letters) which is C and it is also your boot and active partition.

Another thing you could try is to restore your backup onto a new disk.

Remove the current boot disk and install the new blank disk.
Boot from the CD and perform a Disk option restore.
If the target disk is larger, TI will enlarge all partitions. As you have only one partition, TI will enlarge to fill any unallocated space.

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Hopefully, this is NOT a Dell machine?

As I am understanding your response, the Windows Disk Mangement shows that you have only one partition (no partitions without drive letters) which is C and it is also your boot and active partition.

Another thing you could try is to restore your backup onto a new disk.

Remove the current boot disk and install the new blank disk.
Boot from the CD and perform a Disk option restore.
If the target disk is larger, TI will enlarge all partitions. As you have only one partition, TI will enlarge to fill any unallocated space.

Hi,

No it's a custom build that i put together 6 months ago.

Yes you're right. C drive is the boot volume which is only 1 partition.

If i restore the backup to another drive will this boot? Heart of darkness darkest dungeon. I thought to get a volume to boot it had to be a clone.

For the record, the C drive is 640gb which 160 used.

The drive im trying to clone to is 320gb.

Most likely, your issue is that TI is balking at restoring to a smaller disk even though only 160 used.

TI provides two ways to duplicate a disk. One is cloning and the other is restoration of a backup providing the backup includes everything (all partitions,etc).

In your situation, as your source disk only contains one partition, the disk option restore should be bootable.

TI will auto resize your partition to about 298 GB with 160 used.

Remove the current boot disk and install the new blank disk.
Boot from the CD and choose the Disk option restore.
When you get to the screen where you select the target disk, also select the 'Recover disk signature.'
Shutdown and disconnect the source.
On first boot following the restore, boot with only the single new disk connected.

Got it, thanks very much for your help. I will try this at the weekend and post back.

Many thanks for your very quick response!

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3. Create new disks-Guides.9. Register/Downloads10. Mustang's New Guides11. Les Seiler's Backup Video

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This article applies to:

• Acronis True Image Home 2012

Symptoms

1. You clone a disk with a system reserved partition to an external hard disk plugged via USB;
2. Clone operation fails with the following error:

   Failed to write data to the disk

Cause

If hard disk in plugged into the port on the front panel, a possible cause may be lack of power to the hard disk.

Solution

Plug the hard disk to the USB port on back panel of the machine. Hard disk must be plugged directly to the computer, without hubs or extension cords.

More information

If the described solution does not help, the issue is not covered in this article and needs investigation. Please contact Acronis Customer Central for assistance.

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