() Only basic disks can be cloned with Acronis True Image 2014. Then boot to the Acronis Rescue Media and attempt the clone again. Acronis True Image 2014 does not allow to clone a single partition, only cloning of an entire disk is possible. If you still have errors during the clone, use Windows to create a single partition, and format it, on the new 2GB target drive using the full (long - not quick) format. This will take quite some time on a large volume. The '/r' option not only checks the file system for errors, but also scans the entire surface area of each volume (drive letter) for errors. If it still fails, a more comprehensive scan for errors can be accomplished with this chkdsk command:Ĭhkdsk X: /r (substituting your drive letter for 'X') for each drive letter assigned to your original drive, and try the clone again. Open an administrative command prompt in Windows 7 and issue the flowing command:Ĭhkdsk X: /f (substituting your drive letter for 'X') for each drive letter assigned to your original drive to check for errors, and try the clone again.

You can use the Windows command line utility chkdsk to check for errors. The Acronis tool works well, and may allow a successful clone after using it.Īdditionally, if your source drive contains any file system errors, the clone will fail. Diskpart can be used to 'clean' a drive of all of its partition and file system information, but is complex to use for non-technical folks. We really want to recommend Acronis True Image Home 2010, and we’d like to think that our experience on one of our test systems could have been fixed by reinstalling Windows 7. The Windows tool that can perform the same type of 'initialization' is the command line tool 'diskpart'. Using Windows to delete and/or format the partitions, is not the same as using the Acronis tool 'Add a new disk'. Assuming that you have your new drive installed in the laptop, and the old one connected via USB, here is a sample cloning scenario with Acronis True Image: Boot the laptop with Acronis bootable media. This is just the most reliable way to perform a clone.

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