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8.5.1 General information

You might find that your hard disk does not have enough space for the operating system and

installed applications, preventing you from updating your software or installing new applications. In

this case, you have to transfer the system to a higher-capacity hard disk.

To transfer the system, you must first install the new disk in the computer. If your computer doesn't

have a bay for another hard disk, you can temporarily install it in place of your CD drive or use a USB

2.0 connection to the external target disk. If that is not possible, you can clone a hard disk by creating

a disk image and recovering it to a new hard disk with larger partitions.

On program screens, damaged partitions are marked with a red circle and a white cross inside in the upper left

corner. Before you start cloning, you should check such disks for errors and correct the errors using the

appropriate operating system tools.

For best results, install the target (new) drive where you plan to use it and the source drive in

another location, e.g. in an external USB enclosure. This recommendation is especially important for

laptops.

We strongly recommend that you create a backup of the entire original disk as a safety precaution. It could be

your data saver if something goes wrong with your original hard disk during cloning. For information on how to

create such a backup see see Backing up partitions and disks. After creating the backup, make sure that you

validate it.

To clone a disk:

 Click Clone disk on the Tools and utilities tab of the Home screen.

 Follow the Disk Clone Wizard steps.

8.5.2 Security

Please note the following: if the power goes off or you accidentally press RESET during the transfer,

the procedure will be incomplete and you will have to partition and format or clone the hard disk

again.

No data will be lost because the original disk is only being read (no partitions are changed or resized).

The system transfer procedure does not alter the original disk at all. After the procedure finishes, you

might want to format the old disk or securely wipe the data it contains. Use Windows tools or

Acronis DriveCleanser for these tasks.

Nevertheless, we do not recommend that you delete data from the old disk until you are sure it is

correctly transferred to the new disk, the computer boots up from it and all applications work.

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