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PatrickB:
I have used acronis often and I NEVER had a problem.
Acronis is recorded on one of my bootable DVDs (or CDRoms) so the OS on the main disk (C:) is not loaded.
It is a software to clone a disk or one or several partitions on another disk or to make a copy sector by sector.
It can't therefore modify the letters assigned to the drives nor change the active partition. It is not possible.
Start your PC with the bootable Acronis disk and do the cloning. It can't not work.
The only thing to check is the software version of Acronis. Some older version does not work with all hard disk interfaces.
bozidarms:
Hi again,

i have managed that BIOS now see both disk:
1-original HD
2-USB clone

but, when i changed a boot to USB clone, i received massage: BOOTMGR is missing

any ideas?

Thanks
J-R:
Booting from USB may not be supported.  USB booting adds an additional layer of problems particularly on older hardware.

Typically when cloning a disk, you have two methods, either a bit for bit copy of the disk which requires the destination be the same size or larger than the source, or a partition and file based clone, where the cloning software reconstructs the source layout on the destination by creating identical partitions and file systems and copies the files one by one.  This second method allows adjusting the partition sizes or restoring specific partitions (for a dual-boot system, for example).  Typically you would not want to adjust the boot and OS partition start locations, or change the number or order of the partitions.

The second is typically the default as it is faster since only occupied portions of the disk are copied.  Furthermore, the cloning software may try to be helpful by adjusting some aspects of the clone, such as setting it as the default boot device or making it the only active partition, or even modifying the boot filesystem.

Without knowing exactly how your cloning software is set up, if you are using the scope itself to do the clone, I would connect the SSD where the HDD is currently, and then connect the HDD to another spare interface.  Then perform the clone with the cloning software using the filesystem clone.  If it decides to manipulate the destination filesystem (SSD), it should be OK since it will be in the correct orientation for being the boot device.  After the clone is complete, remove the HDD and attempt to boot from the SSD.

If you are using another computer to perform the clone, such as two USB interfaces, you could try the partition method but if that doesn't work try the bit for bit copy.

Personally, I have used Macrium for many clones and it has worked well.  I normally don't do direct cloning since it can be a tiny bit risky if you make a mistake.  I make a backup image of the source disk, remove it, attach the destination, then apply the image.  This also proves the backup image is good, at which point I can archive it for safekeeping.

hpw:

1) The new cloned device MUST be connected on the target or final HDD Port IDE / SATA port. NO deals connected on USB.

2) depending on underlying OS, a required Clone SW is required as for W2k / XP as a 32 bit SW.

 for this purpose I used the free version of RDriveImage and burned a CD-R as using the build RDriveImage-ISO to boot from.
So no opened files!



bozidarms:
Thanks a loot for all that useful Info`s.

I am not shy to say it - obviously, all that stuff is over my reach/understanding now,
so i think is better for me (and scope) not to do anything :D
It was only intended as a backup anyway.
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