How clone a 2 1/2" laptop drive

[rmo555]

I want to use Acronis to clone my disk (laptop). How do I choose a
disk and plug it in to my laptop (which only has one disk drive and no
extra bays)?

Sorry - I forgot to cross post......

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I want to use Acronis to clone my disk (laptop). How do I choose a
disk and plug it in to my laptop (which only has one disk drive and no
extra bays)?

Sorry - I forgot to cross post......

Plug it into a USB port. There are all kinds of adapters for that purpose.
Acronis will have no trouble with it.

 

[rmo555]

Plug it into a USB port. There are all kinds of adapters for that purpose.
Acronis will have no trouble with it.

Can I purchase a "caddy" for the drive with a USB cord on it?

 

[Jim]

If you already have a drive, then you buy a 2.5 USB enclosure and install
the drive in the enclosure. Enclosures have the needed USB cord and the
needed AC adapter.

If you don't own a drive, just buy a 2.5 USB already installed.

It can take quite a while to clone the disk. My system takes around 2 hours
to clone a 250 GB drive.
Jim

 

[ray]

I want to use Acronis to clone my disk (laptop). How do I choose a disk
and plug it in to my laptop (which only has one disk drive and no extra
bays)?

Sorry - I forgot to cross post......

Don't quite follow what you're up to. Do you absolutely want to add a
drive or are you interested in replacing one or are you simply looking at
backups?

If not replace, then two possibilities spring to mind: external drive
(USB or firewire) or network.

 

[rmo555]

Don't quite follow what you're up to. Do you absolutely want to add a
drive or are you interested in replacing one or are you simply looking at
backups?

If not replace, then two possibilities spring to mind: external drive
(USB or firewire) or network.

I find it very comforting to have a backup drive 'just in case.' Of
course, I backup my entire drive (and network drives) almost daily.
However, the files and data on my primary disk are irreplaceable. With
a weekly or so backup disk drive and my (almost) daily backups, I'll
never (hopefully) have to worry about losing my info. I even backup my
drives to two independent backup external drives. I'm anal about
backing up.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Those are the kind of enclosures that Gene is talking about: ( 'hdd
enclosure - Search at Office Depot'
(http://www.officedepot.com/catalog/search.do?fkey=null&Ntt=hdd+enclosure)
).

Actually I was more thinking about these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...er=BESTMATCH&Description=usb+ide+sata+adapter

Or for ease of use, the TinyURL version of the above:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yktu4g4

But both are good, and your suggestion might make the OP feel more secure,
with the drive protected inside an enclosure.

To the OP - be sure that you choose an enclosure or cable that will accept
your drive. Most of the cables accept both 2.5" and 3.5" drives of both
persuasions, IDE/PATA and SATA. Many enclosures accept both IDE/PATA and
SATA too, but many accept only one type, and AFAIK all enclosures accept
only one drive size.

And just to roil the waters a bit more, here's an example of a dock:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ESTMATCH&Description=usb+drive+dock&x=20&y=28

Or in TinyURL form, http://preview.tinyurl.com/yhsh74u

The docks I've seen all take only SATA, but they all take either 2.5" or
3.5" drives.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I find it very comforting to have a backup drive 'just in case.' Of
course, I backup my entire drive (and network drives) almost daily.
However, the files and data on my primary disk are irreplaceable. With
a weekly or so backup disk drive and my (almost) daily backups, I'll
never (hopefully) have to worry about losing my info. I even backup my
drives to two independent backup external drives. I'm anal about
backing up.

s/anal/prudent/

That is Unix slang for "no, you're not anal, you're prudent"...

 

[rmo555]

s/anal/prudent/

That is Unix slang for "no, you're not anal, you're prudent"...

Thanks - I feel a whole lot better!!!!!!!

 

[rmo555]

I want to use Acronis to clone my disk (laptop). How do I choose a
disk and plug it in to my laptop (which only has one disk drive and no
extra bays)?

Sorry - I forgot to cross post......

Thanks to all for the help. I didn't know such enclosures were
available.

 

[rmo555]

Thanks to all for the help. I didn't know such enclosures were
available.

If I clone a drive with more than one partition on it, will the other
partitions be cloned automatically?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

If I clone a drive with more than one partition on it, will the other
partitions be cloned automatically?

Depends on the software and on your choices when running it.

I think the free program EASEUS Disk Copy gives those options, but I
haven't used it in a while, so I don't fully trust my memory

I'm pretty sure Acronis gives those options, but I only use the
single-partition option.

 

[rak]

Yes. Acronis gives you the option to select the entire disk or specific
partitions.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Yeah - I just started an Acronis job five minutes ago, so I looked

Thanks for confirming my earlier guess/half memory.

 

[rmo555]

Yes. Acronis gives you the option to select the entire disk or specific
partitions.

Thanks - I want to clone the entire disk (including ALL partitions).

 

[rmo555]

Thanks for the info......

Actually I was more thinking about these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...er=BESTMATCH&Description=usb+ide+sata+adapter

Or for ease of use, the TinyURL version of the above:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yktu4g4

But both are good, and your suggestion might make the OP feel more secure,
with the drive protected inside an enclosure.

To the OP - be sure that you choose an enclosure or cable that will accept
your drive. Most of the cables accept both 2.5" and 3.5" drives of both
persuasions, IDE/PATA and SATA. Many enclosures accept both IDE/PATA and
SATA too, but many accept only one type, and AFAIK all enclosures accept
only one drive size.

And just to roil the waters a bit more, here's an example of a dock:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ESTMATCH&Description=usb+drive+dock&x=20&y=28

Or in TinyURL form, http://preview.tinyurl.com/yhsh74u

The docks I've seen all take only SATA, but they all take either 2.5" or
3.5" drives.