You can run the bootable media of your copy of an Acronis backup product from a CD-R(W) disc, a DVD+R(W), DVD-R(W) a set of floppy diskettes, a USB flash card or a ZIP-diskette.įor more information, refer to Acronis KBA 1537: Acronis Bootable Media.įor step by step on how to create a Acronis True Image for Western Digital Rescue Media Builder refer to Answer ID 32000 How to Create a Acronis True Image for Western Digital Rescue Media Builder. The bootable media boots and runs successfully both on 32 bit and 64 bit machines. The bootable media is based on the Linux operating system and uses Linux drivers for getting access to all hardware devices. It has the same graphical interface as when you run your copy of an Acronis backup product under Windows.

Additionally, it allows you to create images, clone hard disk drives, partition new hard disk drives without having to boot into Windows.

External USB drives, internal drives inserted into 3rd party drive bays, readers, enclosures that have PCBAs cannot be used to clone operating system drives.Īcronis Bootable Media of any Acronis backup product is an exclusive recovery environment for restoring images.

With the new drive is inside the comptuter, the old drive connected to the computer using a SATA to USB cable, the boot settings will be automatically adjusted to boot from the internal drive.

Booting from Acronis Rescue Media must be used when cloning operating system drives.

Otherwise, the computer may not boot from the new drive after the cloning process has completed.

The old drive must be removed from the computer and connected to a USB port with a SATA to USB cable.

The new drive must be inserted into the computer.

For more detailed instructions, please refer to Answer ID 50394: Steps to Upgrade a Windows Computer Internal Drive to SSD.Īcronis Source Instructions: For more information including a video from, refer to Acronis KBA 2931: How to Clone a Laptop Hard Drive. Acronis True Image for Western Digital can be used to clone an existing computer operating system drive.

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