

ALL DATA on the target drive for a Clone will be wiped! DO NOT attempt to clone to a drive which has existing data that you wish to keep.The Windows PE version of the Rescue Media will be required in this case.


NOTE: If the standard Rescue Media (which is based on a Linux Kernel OS) does not boot your computer into the Acronis Recovery environment, then starting a Clone or Recovery from Windows will also not work on your computer as this too uses the same Linux Kernel OS. ALWAYS create and TEST the Acronis bootable Rescue Media to ensure that this will work on your system and will see all of your internal / external disk drives.If a Clone goes wrong then this is your safety net and the means of recovering your drive / system. ALWAYS make a full disk & partitions backup of the source drive to be cloned BEFORE attempting to clone!.Acronis True Image products allow Cloning to be started from within the Windows Acronis application but this can result in an unbootable system or worse, a total loss of all data including the Windows OS if certain rules are not followed when doing a Clone operation.
