User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 1.1 What is Acronis® True Image™?
- 1.2 New in this version
- 1.3 Backups created in Acronis True Image 2020 or later
- 1.4 System requirements and supported media
- 1.5 Installing Acronis True Image 2021
- 1.6 Activating Acronis True Image 2021
- 1.7 Trial version information
- 1.8 Upgrading Acronis True Image 2021
- 1.9 Technical Support
- 2 Getting started
- 3 Basic concepts
- 3.1 Basic concepts
- 3.2 The difference between file backups and disk/partition images
- 3.3 Full, incremental and differential backups
- 3.4 Deciding where to store your backups
- 3.5 Using Acronis Nonstop Backup
- 3.6 Backup file naming
- 3.7 Integration with Windows
- 3.8 Wizards
- 3.9 FAQ about backup, recovery and cloning
- 4 Backing up data
- 4.1 Backing up disks and partitions
- 4.2 Backing up files and folders
- 4.3 Backing up mobile devices
- 4.4 Backing up Office 365 data
- 4.5 Backup options
- 4.5.1 Scheduling
- 4.5.2 Backup schemes
- 4.5.3 Notifications for backup operation
- 4.5.4 Excluding items from backup
- 4.5.5 Image creation mode
- 4.5.6 Backup protection
- 4.5.7 Pre/Post commands for backup
- 4.5.8 Backup splitting
- 4.5.9 Backup validation option
- 4.5.10 Backup reserve copy
- 4.5.11 Removable media settings
- 4.5.12 Error handling
- 4.5.13 File-level security settings for backup
- 4.5.14 Computer shutdown
- 4.5.15 Online backup protection
- 4.5.16 Performance of backup operation
- 4.5.17 Selecting a data center for backup
- 4.5.18 Laptop power settings
- 4.5.19 Wi-Fi networks for backup to Acronis Cloud
- 4.6 Operations with backups
- 4.6.1 Backup operations menu
- 4.6.2 Backup activity and statistics
- 4.6.3 Sorting backups in the list
- 4.6.4 Replicating backups to Acronis Cloud
- 4.6.5 Validating backups
- 4.6.6 Backup to various places
- 4.6.7 Adding an existing backup to the list
- 4.6.8 Notarized backup
- 4.6.9 Cleaning up backups, backup versions, and replicas
- 4.6.10 Cleaning up space on Acronis Cloud
- 4.6.11 Removing data from Acronis Cloud
- 5 Recovering data
- 5.1 Recovering disks and partitions
- 5.2 Recovering files and folders
- 5.3 Searching backup content
- 5.4 Recovering Office 365 data
- 5.5 Recovery options
- 6 Archiving data
- 7 Sharing data
- 8 Protecting family data
- 9 Antivirus and antimalware protection
- 10 Vulnerability assessment
- 11 Synchronizing data
- 12 Disk cloning and migration
- 13 Tools
- 13.1 Acronis Media Builder
- 13.2 Making sure that your bootable media can be used when needed
- 13.3 Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
- 13.4 Try&Decide
- 13.5 Acronis Secure Zone
- 13.6 Adding a new hard disk
- 13.7 Security and Privacy Tools
- 13.8 Mounting an image
- 13.9 Unmounting an image
- 13.10 Working with .vhd(x) files
- 13.11 Importing and exporting backup settings
- 13.12 Acronis Universal Restore
- 14 Troubleshooting
- 15 Glossary of Terms
- Acronis Active Protection
- Acronis Drive
- Acronis Notary
- Acronis Secure Zone
- Acronis Startup Recovery Manager
- Archive
- Archiving operation
- Backup
- Backup operation
- Backup settings
- Backup version
- Backup version chain
- Bootable media
- Data synchronization
- Differential backup
- Differential backup version
- Disk backup (Image)
- Full backup
- Full backup version
- Image
- Incremental backup
- Incremental backup version
- Mobile backup
- Nonstop backup
- Nonstop protection
- Notarization
- Notarized backup
- Notarized file
- Online backup
- Recovery
- Suspicious process
- Sync
- Validation
- Version of synced file
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12 Disk cloning and migration
This operation copies the entire contents of one disk drive to another disk drive. This may be
necessary, for example, when you want to clone your operating system, applications, and data to a
new, larger capacity disk. You can do it two ways:
Use the Clone disk utility (p. 135).
Back up your old disk drive, and then recover it to the new one (p. 91).
In this section
Disk cloning utility ........................................................................................................... 135
Migrating your system from an HDD to an SSD .............................................................. 139
12.1 Disk cloning utility
The Clone disk utility allows you to clone your hard disk drive by copying the partitions to another
hard disk.
Please read before you start:
When you want to clone your system to a higher-capacity hard disk, we recommend that you
install the target (new) drive where you plan to use it and the source drive in another location,
e.g. in an external USB enclosure. This is especially important for laptops.
Note: It is recommended that your old and new hard drives work in the same controller mode (for example,
IDE or AHCI). Otherwise, your computer might not start from the new hard drive.
Note: If you clone a disk with Windows to an external USB hard drive, you might not be able to boot from it.
We recommend cloning to an internal SSD or HDD instead.
The Clone disk utility does not support multiboot systems.
On program screens, damaged partitions are marked with a red circle and a white cross inside in
the upper left corner. Before you start cloning, you should check such disks for errors and correct
the errors by using the appropriate operating system tools.
We strongly recommend that you create a backup of the entire original disk as a safety
precaution. It could be your data saver if something goes wrong with your original hard disk
during cloning. For information on how to create such a backup, see Backing up partitions and
disks (p. 45). After creating the backup, make sure that you validate it.
12.1.1 Clone Disk wizard
Before you start, we recommend that you read general information about Disk cloning utility (p.
135).If you use an UEFI computer and you decided to start the cloning procedure under bootable
media, please pay attention to the boot mode of the bootable media in UEFI BIOS. It is
recommended that the boot mode matches the type of the system in the backup. If the backup
contains a BIOS system, then boot the bootable media in BIOS mode; if the system is UEFI, then
ensure that UEFI mode is set.
To clone a disk:
1. Start Acronis True Image 2021.
2. On the sidebar, click Tools, and then click Clone disk.
3. On the Clone Mode step, choose a transfer mode.