Acronis/DiskWizard--Reboot to Copy?

[Watty]

I'm began using the seagate version of acronis. I copied a bootable disk
image from a 80G drive to a partition on a Seagate 500G external drive,
L-drive, 100G. The size of the files on the 80G drive were about 60G. I
then attempted to copy the image to a 320G WD drive. When I was about to
start the copy, I got a message with a large exclamation point that said
the machine would be rebooted when I proceeded. That seemed a bit odd.
It seemed the implication was that it would be the very next thing to
happen. Why would it need to boot to make a copy? I can see how this
might be the case once the copy had been made.

 

[philo]

I'm began using the seagate version of acronis. I copied a bootable disk
image from a 80G drive to a partition on a Seagate 500G external drive,
L-drive, 100G. The size of the files on the 80G drive were about 60G. I
then attempted to copy the image to a 320G WD drive. When I was about to
start the copy, I got a message with a large exclamation point that said
the machine would be rebooted when I proceeded. That seemed a bit odd.
It seemed the implication was that it would be the very next thing to
happen. Why would it need to boot to make a copy? I can see how this
might be the case once the copy had been made.

Just follow the instructions and let it boot.

When the machine reboots, it will lock both drives

then make the copy.

If the drives were not locked, there would be a problem as the drive being
copied
is not static...so essentially, you'd be trying to copy a drive that was in
the state of being copied...
a good scenario for failure!


Now, once the copy is made...it is important that you disconnect the
clone...
because if you'd leave it attached, the current OS would assign it a
different drive letter.


So, be sure to remove the original drive and put the clone in it's place


Acronis for me has always worked perfectly...
as long as you follow the instructions *exactly* it should work well for you
too

 

[Watty]

Just follow the instructions and let it boot.

When the machine reboots, it will lock both drives

then make the copy.

If the drives were not locked, there would be a problem as the drive being
copied
is not static...so essentially, you'd be trying to copy a drive that was in
the state of being copied...
a good scenario for failure!


Now, once the copy is made...it is important that you disconnect the
clone...
because if you'd leave it attached, the current OS would assign it a
different drive letter.


So, be sure to remove the original drive and put the clone in it's place


Acronis for me has always worked perfectly...
as long as you follow the instructions *exactly* it should work well for you
too

Perhaps, but I decided to do the image copy today when I was fully
awake. No ! dialog appeared, and the copy was made successfully.

 

[philo]

Perhaps, but I decided to do the image copy today when I was fully
awake. No ! dialog appeared, and the copy was made successfully.

Glad it worked...

I prefer to do things when I'm awake , too!!!