Acronis question re cloning
May 29, 2020 11:27:35 #
I'm grateful! I can use ALL the help I can get.
I know just enough on most topics to get myself into trouble but not necessarily back out...
I know just enough on most topics to get myself into trouble but not necessarily back out...
May 29, 2020 11:28:57 #
alexol wrote:
I'm grateful! I can use ALL the help I can get.
I know just enough on most topics to get myself into trouble but not necessarily back out...
I know just enough on most topics to get myself into trouble but not necessarily back out...
Mark
May 29, 2020 15:56:27 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
alexol wrote:
I've been using Acronis for quite a while for back... (show quote)
This is the best I have found. You can make an image of a complete drive, or of a partition, etc.
https://www.macrium.com/
May 29, 2020 17:32:44 #
chrissybabe
Loc: New Zealand
I use Macrium now. Had a lot of issues with Acronis in the past, moved to Storageworks but still had a few issues. Moved to Macrium and been good ever since.
Most backup programs seem to issues at some stage in their life. The idea is to hope the problems get fixed fast but if the problems happen when you are also having boot issues then sometimes the 'get fixed fast' isn't enough. My experience has been when the s___ hits the fan and there are problems the companies seem to take 2-3 months to fix things and that is unfortunately not good enough. Hence I moved from Acronis at the time.
Most backup programs seem to issues at some stage in their life. The idea is to hope the problems get fixed fast but if the problems happen when you are also having boot issues then sometimes the 'get fixed fast' isn't enough. My experience has been when the s___ hits the fan and there are problems the companies seem to take 2-3 months to fix things and that is unfortunately not good enough. Hence I moved from Acronis at the time.
May 30, 2020 12:17:46 #
alexol wrote:
I've been using Acronis for quite a while for back... (show quote)
Yes I just did it last week with the free aconis software. I have 2 hard drives on my editing PC. I have my operating system in a 128gb ssd and use a 1tb had for internal storage. I have 8 external drives in 2 drobos. I cloned my internal ssd with the software on to a 1tb ssd. When it finished I changed the hard drives and my computer and programs was exactly the same. The only surprise was some of my purchased software had to have the unlock key rentered. Actually only my luminar4 required this. My Nikon software was fine. All you need is the cable to attach your new drive to a USB port. Go to Crucial. Com. They sell hard drives and memory but have great installation videos and such. No sign up ect.
May 30, 2020 12:22:40 #
alexol wrote:
Thanks for all the answers. I'm using a four bay ... (show quote)
Both are bootable. I cloned my drive to an ssd from an ssd and didn't put it in for several days. So I used my original drive for a couple days. The swapped them. Your cloned drive will have your operating system and programs but whatever data changed since the clone you will have to get from your backup.
May 31, 2020 15:53:40 #
I use AOMEI backupper standard. It does probably everything Acronis does, but does not require subscribing, and is free.
May 31, 2020 17:09:41 #
ikaush wrote:
I use AOMEI backupper standard. It does probably everything Acronis does, but does not require subscribing, and is free.
I got acronis for free from crucial computer parts. It's on their website. No email or anything required
May 31, 2020 17:30:14 #
Drbobcameraguy wrote:
I got acronis for free from crucial computer parts. It's on their website. No email or anything required
Yes, it is free. However, no support and limited features. It is not the same version as the paid one. If it handles all your needs, then it's perfect.
Mark
May 31, 2020 19:29:18 #
markngolf wrote:
Yes, it is free. However, no support and limited features. It is not the same version as the paid one. If it handles all your needs, then it's perfect.
Mark
Mark
Yes I've not looked at it for anything than cloning ssd and had. Works very well for that. I back up using other software and drobos.
May 31, 2020 20:44:48 #
markngolf wrote:
Yes, it is free. However, no support and limited features. It is not the same version as the paid one. If it handles all your needs, then it's perfect.
Mark
Mark
All I need is to have the clone disk for my Windows 10 system, so if a disaster occurs I can swap disks and be fine. And this is done with AOMEI perfectly. In fact I am currently using my clone as my system disk, while the original system disk is resting on the shelf.
In addition AOMEI allows to make a system backup and save it in another disk/partition, and also to create a boot CD, so you can restore the system without opening the computer hardware. Which is useful if there was not a disk failure, but rather some virus or missing piece of software.
So, I highly recommend AOMEI.
Jun 1, 2020 18:02:23 #
chrissybabe
Loc: New Zealand
Just a word of warning. AOMEI is based in Hong Kong including presumably their cloud storage servers. If (or maybe when) China takes over HK completely I personally might be a little reluctant to rely too much on support or data safety.
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