Acronis/DiskWizard--Reboot to Copy?

[Watty]

I just 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.

 

[Rod Speed]

I just 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.

That older version does reboot to ensure that it can make a reliable image of whats running.