Operation Manual

Cloning a non-system disk or a disk containing an operating system, but one that is not currently

active, will proceed without the need to reboot. After you click Proceed, Acronis True Image Home

2012 will start cloning the old disk to the new disk, indicating the progress in a special window. You

can stop this procedure by clicking Cancel. In that case, you will have to repartition and format the

new disk or repeat the cloning procedure. After the cloning operation is complete, you will see the

results message.

8.5 Adding a new hard disk

If you do not have enough space for your data (e.g. family photos and videos), you can either replace

the old disk with a new higher-capacity one (data transfers to new disks are described in the previous

chapter), or add a new disk only to store data, leaving the system on the old disk. If the computer has

a bay for another disk, it would be easier to add a disk drive than to clone one.

To add a new disk, you must first install it in your PC.

To add a new hard disk:

 Click the Tools and utilities tab and then click Add new disk

 Follow the Add new disk Wizard steps

If you use a 32-bit version of Windows XP, the wizard will not have the Initialization options step because this

operating system does not support GPT disks.

In this section

Selecting a hard disk .............................................................................. 186

Selecting initialization method .............................................................. 188

Creating new partitions.......................................................................... 188

Add new disk summary .......................................................................... 191

8.5.1 Selecting a hard disk

Select the disk that you have added to the computer. If you have added several disks, select one of

them and click Next to continue. You can add the other disks later by restarting the Add New Disk

Wizard.