How to Clone a Hard Drive Using Acronis True Image 2010 Linus Tech Tips

[ibholder]

what cable do you need to transfer data to and from the ssd?

[HippehMac]

@ibholder SATA

[frozenskipper]

Why would anyone ever in the history of manking ever need to buy a copy of windows if you could just do this? Or does it not copy the OS?

[xXVentorusXx]

@frozenskipper Because If you were using a OEM copy and you change the motherboard at the same time your License # is then Unusable.

[ecceservices]

WOW DUDE YOUR VIDEO IS GREAT AND BAD At the same times. The most improtant thing is telling us how to set up all those drives, but your video starts with all that set up already.. boomer.

[latem777]

@ecceservices you just have to connect the data and power cable to your source and destination drives,change your first boot priority to your optical drive in your BIOS,load your acronis true image CD.its pretty much simple

[DICEMAN60]

Someone with modern technology! Wow! Now tell me how to clone a 2.5" HDD to a partition on an external HDD?

[Pendemic]

How would this work if I'm trying to clone a laptop? I can't have both hard drives installed at once.

[jasonwupilly1997]

@Pendemic laptops are a little trickier... you have to buy an external SATA to USB hard drive enclosure and connect it to your laptop that way

[Pendemic]

@jasonwupilly1997

Thanks but in the end I just saved the image of the disk to an external drive and then transferred it over the new drive after.

[yourgaymccall]

If you partition the hard drive can you use this to copy a single partition to a new hard drive. Like if i made an OS partition on a hard drive could I copy just that part to and SSD in the future?

[Lostkey23]

can clone without cd or dvd drive?

or sir can clone hard drive but its not same capacity? sample 80 to 160 can clone the OS?

[SamuraiBatgirl]

Where can I get the acronis software without buying a Kingston SSD?

[KaxiLaxi]

does it include snapshots?

[hateliberals1]

grow up.

[avok95]

lol you said you have an old microoft keyboard but in the vid your using a dell keyboard .. FAIL :P

[xander900]

@avok95 the white keyboard clearly says MICROSOFT on it, you FAIL.

[avok95]

@xander900 epicly XD

[Jibrankiddy]

@megacoolforlife Ive seen that on facebook the other day. Just post this on an sad music place on youtube

[nerdydorkgirl]

@megacoolforlife Dumbass

[fmontes63]

Nice video.

I work for a school and clone drives all the time using Acronis as well. Where did you buy or how did you build the rig you have the DVD player, keyboard, mouse, and the drives connected to. Currently I plug and unplug the drives out of an open PC and it is a bit clunky. Your help would be appreciated.

[kenspocket]

fail at 0.49 seconds lol..

[wakidsful]

ahah

laprenta naman na yan!

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[hoipahoi]

how did you make the bootable cd for the acronis true image? can you just burn the file directly into the cd/dvd?

[flatpicker1234]

How would you recommend create an ISO image of all of my computers in our office and saving them on a USB drive?

[massivemuscles85]

Is Arconis True Image a free program? I want to clone my drive just like this because I just got an SSD, but do not want to pay for a program since I only plan on doing this once.

[Anima87]

@massivemuscles85 it's not free

[ghostoftheunion]

@massivemuscles85 there is a trial. its at the bottom of the page. im in the same boat changing to a 256 ssd from a 500gb ill let you know if the trial works. if it does i might buy it because ive used every other cloning software on the market at some point but they always f up.

[eno88]

awesome computer 'case' :)

[kiddgroovy]

There was a split sec at the end were it seems his friendly nature was just an act and he’s really a jack ass lol. He’s like is it still rec. ... good I hate these fools questioning my work and stuff I’ll Eat Your Babies Garr.

[duguder]

Let's moving from old to new, do I have to re-install window to new drive?

[9578755]

what if u have a bakup & ur hdd goes puff how do u restore ur bakup then ?

[MrAvatar9999]

hi, I have RAID O (2 HDD E & F), when i do image back up by Acronis, which HDD do i have to back up ? E or F , Please advice.... :) tq

[MrGENOCIDEGeorge]

Gah, thanks so much, Linus! I just asked /g/ and they were no help, you're a true bro!

[cwhirschfield]

One thing to watch out for is the amount of time this takes. I cloned an ATA drive

to a SATA drive - about 125 GB - and it took about 12 hours. There must be a faster

way. years ago I used so Maxtor software that was much faster.

[damian19850817]

So If I have a program on a hard drive and I will clone that hdd that means that I can use the program that I want to use from the initially hdd ?

Please help !!!!!!!!!

Thank you .

[JonnMcNally]

@EdgarRodrigue I'm not sure if that'll work, since the operating system takes up space and would also have to fit inside the USB flash drive. If everything fits, though, then theoretically it should work, since external hard drives and USB flash drives do the same thing, just that the external hard drive is capable of storing more data on average.

[vybzshakur]

hey question.. how do you get this to work without having to put in another product key.. how come both can boot on two different pcs

[xMExHKSx]

Sorry to spam. But does using the trail version the same as using the bought version? Is there any difference in the feature? Or the time limit?

[xMExHKSx]

Does cloning hard drive means like, you have a hdd and you want to have the same files in the new hdd you bought. So you clone it so the files in your old hdd will be in your new hdd you bought. I know it is very messed up. If you don't understand then nevermind. But those who understand can you tell me if it is so?

[JonnMcNally]

@xMExHKSx Yes that's what cloning is. The difference with backing-up and cloning is that cloning also retains the operating system (such as Windows XP) and of course other applications.

[tzillian7]

i just bought an ssd. is this how i would put my information from my old main HDD to the new ssd as well?

[JonnMcNally]

@tzillian7 Correct. Using the Acronis True Image Home program, you'll be able to clone everything from your previous HDD to a new drive, such as an SSD. The trial version does not come with the cloning utility, so you should acquire the full version through a torrent (or purchase it, up to you). True Image is compatible with Vista and Windows 7, while other such cloning programs are not, so I highly recommend it.

[MrEvga]

does anyone know if you can use the acronis true image free trail and it will let you clone?

[JonnMcNally]

@MrEvga No, cloning is exclusive to the full version. I would recommend getting the full version through a torrent. If you don't like to work with torrents, then you can message me and I'll give you the activation key since that's all that comes additionally with the torrent.

[pwn0grapher]

Hey can someone please explain to me what "cloning" a hard disk means? Does it copy the info or something?

[MrEvga]

@pwn0grapher yes it transfers everything on one disk to the other so the are the same

[berkvens852]

Hey, I have a quick question for you about acronis true image home 2010, I'm currently using a Toshiba laptop, and will be picking up a HP laptop monday, can I restore my toshiba backup to the hp or will there be a problem due to different manufacturers? if so is there a way for me to move my software programs over without having to repurchase them? thanks

[JonnMcNally]

@berkvens852 There should be no problem due to manufacturer difference. If you want to retain all your files, including the operating system, then use the Acronis True Image cloning utility such as that in the video.

[mexvids]

anyone knows if this works with windows server 2003 ??? from scsi to sata cloning ?

[kai23430]

Nice! This actually saved my time because I just bought a 1T WD black and was deciding whether to reinstall windows and my thousand applications and configs or find a way cloning. Linus is such a life saver lol

[nemesisN3]

Does cloning also keep fragmented files intact/fragmented? Or do they got defragged? Would be unfair if one is fragged and other was not...

[galuple]

I have that samsung monitor too !

[startlearningjoomla]

Very cool!

[CustomizedReality]

I want a 10000K drive fo sho'

[MrYTsucks]

There is a free tool that can clone as well and fits on a floppy - Ranish Partition Manager

[MJBDC07]

where can i buy a test bench (open case) like the one linus is using

[znoozaros]

just write "tech station" to google

[hound4680]

i want to upgrade my hard drive to something better.

is this method a way to copy the data on current to new.

[TheBoneZone1000]

Woah! super convenient! I was looking on how to do this recently :D

[metalpiss]

Would this also be the thing to do if you have 2 hdd's in RAID1 and one of them fails? So you clone the good hdd to another one and restore the RAID1? Or what would you have to do in that case?

[enemy71]

nice reviews

[Diplo1337]

one of the best channels imo on youtube, great vids & stuff.

[wehttamak]

@Diplo1337 quick question if im cloning a western digital drive image onto another drive would the western digital software that comes on the wd drive would u be able to clone that as well

[kesky88]

My name is Kesky88. I am a Linus fanboy.

[wings400]

a standard CD/DVD drive can stand and be still working verticaly???

[shafnet]

What happened to my comment ? Was going to say @LinusTechTips.

Write Acronis.iso to USB using LiLi USB Creator. Then boot true image off your usb stick.

Unless of course you still like CDs :)

[5me81]

a 10000k rpm drive, jeez i dont think they exist :P

[Whambadambadamdoo]

they do ^^

[5me81]

no they dont. 10k rpm drives do 10000000 rpm drives dont... as k stand for thousand

[Ajaxjasper]

@harley2991

Linos ROCKS!!!

[ilibasic]

duuude that is just what i needit

[Harley2991]

linus = nerd = fact

[shafnet]

@Harley2991 nah he's not a real nerd. Have you seen his girlfriend ? ;)

[HenryGAD]

not nerd, more geek, like i am ;)

LinusTechTips became part of my life =) thats cool, he is loose

[mattrospecs]

does this program mess up your mouse?

[black96fire]

@bitchslapper12 Insulting someone you want something from? Ever hear "Dont bite the hand that feeds you" I hope you never get an answer, I know i wont tell you.

[neurotoksin]

yeah, what about Photoshop fx. does it mess up ur lincesed programs?

[bequinta1]

@bitchslapper12

You can GTFO if your going to act like that. Linus is the freaking bomb!

[calcalownz]

6th? idk w.e

[PhatShady95]

Sorry ppl, my computer never showed ur comments! dont know why, it just never!

[TheGamesHD]

omg lolz i had the same keyboaaaaaaaaaaaaard, i thought i was the only one that had that piece of shit

[BerettaTM]

Fail your second

[LANPARTYDUDE]

@PhatShady95 fail

[toKs1c]

awesome