The most common option is Proportionalso that the total drive space on the target disk can be utilized. This affects how the target disk may or may not be partitioned during the process.

Please select one of the cloning methods below.

Once the process begins, ALL THE DATA ON THE DESTINATION DRIVE WILL BE LOST!. This process is Data Destructive and cannot be undone. If the partitions on the selected destination drive have been backed up or are otherwise safe to be deleted, click Ok.Ĭontinuing this process will lead to the partition or partitions within the destination drive to be completely lost.

If there is an existing partition on the drive that was selected as the Destination Hard Disk, a warning will be displayed.

Select a Destination Disk (the new or target drive) and click the Next button.

Select the Source Disk (old or original drive) from the list below and click on Next button.

Once there, select Manual and click on Next.

The Clone Disk Wizard will open up to the Choose clone mode.

Once opened, under the Tools section, click on Clone Disk.

Launch Acronis True Image for Western Digital.

For cloning errors, failures and log collection steps, please refer to Article 45566: Acronis Software: Cloning Fails (Click for Example).

To clone an Operating System drive, please refer to Answer ID 2547: Steps to Clone an Operating System Drive with Acronis True Image for Western Digital.

A drive may not be detected by Acronis True Image for Western Digital.įor more information, please refer to Answer ID 15481 Acronis True Image for Western Digital Does Not See My Drive.

Some motherboards and drives may not be detected when connected to a RAID port, regardless if configured as RAID or not.

Acronis True Image for Western Digital supports hardware RAID arrays of all popular types.

For instructions on how to Automatically Clone a disk, please refer to Answer ID 19825: How to Automatically Clone a Drive Using Acronis True Image for Western Digital.

The original drive is must be currently installed inside of the computer and the replacement drive is installed on another SATA port or connected to the computer through an External Enclosure or other SATA to USB power booster 'Y' adapter. This article explains how to Manually Clone a Disk with Acronis True Image WD Edition Software. This article explains How to Manually Clone a Disk with Acronis True Image for Western Digital.*END

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