Then boot to the Acronis Rescue Media and attempt the clone again. If you still have errors during the clone, use Windows to create a single partition, and format it, on the new 2GB target drive using the full (long - not quick) format.

This will take quite some time on a large volume. The '/r' option not only checks the file system for errors, but also scans the entire surface area of each volume (drive letter) for errors. If it still fails, a more comprehensive scan for errors can be accomplished with this chkdsk command:Ĭhkdsk X: /r (substituting your drive letter for 'X') for each drive letter assigned to your original drive, and try the clone again. Open an administrative command prompt in Windows 7 and issue the flowing command:Ĭhkdsk X: /f (substituting your drive letter for 'X') for each drive letter assigned to your original drive to check for errors, and try the clone again. The best way to perform the clone operation is to create a bootable Rescue CD, boot from it, perform the cloneing operation, At completion of the cloning operation, REMOVE the TARGET HARD DRIVE from the system ie: in your case, unplug the external USB drive, and then remove the Bootable CD drive and boot your windows system. You can use the Windows command line utility chkdsk to check for errors. The Acronis tool works well, and may allow a successful clone after using it.Īdditionally, if your source drive contains any file system errors, the clone will fail.

Diskpart can be used to 'clean' a drive of all of its partition and file system information, but is complex to use for non-technical folks. You can create two partitions on your system one for data and one for applications using Acronis Disk Director 11 Home. Together the products provide you with prehensive partition management and system protection. The Windows tool that can perform the same type of 'initialization' is the command line tool 'diskpart'. Moreover Acronis Disk Director 11 Home is an ideal panion product to Acronis True Image Home. Using Windows to delete and/or format the partitions, is not the same as using the Acronis tool 'Add a new disk'. This is just the most reliable way to perform a clone.

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