For example, your notebook has a single hard disk with two partitions: system (disk letter C) and the data (disk letter D). However, there may be some cases when a partition backup is advisable. What should I back up: a partition or the whole disk? - In most cases, it is better to back up the whole disk.In addition, you can make more than one backup to create redundancy and increase security. For example, there were cases when users chose the wrong disk as the target and thus wiped their system disk. It could be your data saver if something goes wrong with your original hard disk during cloning. In any case, we strongly recommend to make a backup of your old hard disk even if you decide to use cloning. What is the best way to migrate the system to a new disk: cloning or backup and recovery? - The backup and recovery method provides more flexibility.For procedure details, see Migrating your system from an HDD to an SSD Can this be done with Acronis True Image 2015? - Yes, Acronis True Image 2015 provides such a function. I want to migrate my old system hard disk to an SSD.The optimum method usually depends on your old hard disk partitions layout. How can I transfer Windows, programs and data to the new disk? - You can either clone the old hard disk on the new one or back up the old hard disk and then recover the backup to a new one. I have an old hard disk drive which is almost full in my notebook.If you have just a single hard disk in your PC, such a backup will contain all of the operating system, applications and data. Will my system disk backup include drivers, documents, pictures, etc.? - Yes, such a backup will contain the drivers, as well as the contents of the My documents folder and its subfolders, if you kept the default location of the My documents folder.While creating a sector-by-sector backup, the program copies both used and unused hard disk sectors and the backup file will usually be significantly larger.
For more information see Image creation mode. Note than such a backup mode is required only in special cases. You can also choose the sector-by-sector mode. What will Acronis True Image 2015 include in a backup? - By default, Acronis True Image 2015 copies only the hard disk sectors that contain data, so it will include only 80GB in a backup. I have a 150GB system partition, but the occupied space on that partition is only 80GB.FAQ about backup, recovery and cloning FAQ about backup, recovery and cloning
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