How clone a 2 1/2" laptop drive

I want to use Acronis to clone my disk (laptop). How do I choose a
disk and plug it in to my laptop (which only has one disk drive and no
extra bays)?

Sorry - I forgot to cross post......

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:11:23 -0400, wrote:

> I want to use Acronis to clone my disk (laptop). How do I choose a
> disk and plug it in to my laptop (which only has one disk drive and no
> extra bays)?
>
> Sorry - I forgot to cross post......

Plug it into a USB port. There are all kinds of adapters for that purpose.
Acronis will have no trouble with it.

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Those are the kind of enclosures that Gene is talking about: ( 'hd
enclosure - Search at Office Depot
(http://www.officedepot.com/catalog/s...=hdd+enclosure
)

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On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:23:36 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
<not-> wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:11:23 -0400, wrote:
>
>> I want to use Acronis to clone my disk (laptop). How do I choose a
>> disk and plug it in to my laptop (which only has one disk drive and no
>> extra bays)?
>>
>> Sorry - I forgot to cross post......
>
>Plug it into a USB port. There are all kinds of adapters for that purpose.
>Acronis will have no trouble with it.

Can I purchase a "caddy" for the drive with a USB cord on it?

If you already have a drive, then you buy a 2.5 USB enclosure and install
the drive in the enclosure. Enclosures have the needed USB cord and the
needed AC adapter.

If you don't own a drive, just buy a 2.5 USB already installed.

It can take quite a while to clone the disk. My system takes around 2 hours
to clone a 250 GB drive.
Jim
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> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:23:36 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
> <not-> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:11:23 -0400, wrote:
>>
>>> I want to use Acronis to clone my disk (laptop). How do I choose a
>>> disk and plug it in to my laptop (which only has one disk drive and no
>>> extra bays)?
>>>
>>> Sorry - I forgot to cross post......
>>
>>Plug it into a USB port. There are all kinds of adapters for that purpose.
>>Acronis will have no trouble with it.
>
> Can I purchase a "caddy" for the drive with a USB cord on it?

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:11:23 -0400, rmo555 wrote:

> I want to use Acronis to clone my disk (laptop). How do I choose a disk
> and plug it in to my laptop (which only has one disk drive and no extra
> bays)?
>
> Sorry - I forgot to cross post......

Don't quite follow what you're up to. Do you absolutely want to add a
drive or are you interested in replacing one or are you simply looking at
backups?

If not replace, then two possibilities spring to mind: external drive
(USB or firewire) or network.

On 16 Oct 2009 00:09:46 GMT, ray <> wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:11:23 -0400, rmo555 wrote:
>
>> I want to use Acronis to clone my disk (laptop). How do I choose a disk
>> and plug it in to my laptop (which only has one disk drive and no extra
>> bays)?
>>
>> Sorry - I forgot to cross post......
>
>Don't quite follow what you're up to. Do you absolutely want to add a
>drive or are you interested in replacing one or are you simply looking at
>backups?
>
>If not replace, then two possibilities spring to mind: external drive
>(USB or firewire) or network.

I find it very comforting to have a backup drive 'just in case.' Of
course, I backup my entire drive (and network drives) almost daily.
However, the files and data on my primary disk are irreplaceable. With
a weekly or so backup disk drive and my (almost) daily backups, I'll
never (hopefully) have to worry about losing my info. I even backup my
drives to two independent backup external drives. I'm anal about
backing up.

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:56:46 -0500, whs wrote:

> Those are the kind of enclosures that Gene is talking about: ( 'hdd
> enclosure - Search at Office Depot'
> (http://www.officedepot.com/catalog/s...=hdd+enclosure)
> ).

Actually I was more thinking about these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...e+sata+adapter

Or for ease of use, the TinyURL version of the above:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yktu4g4

But both are good, and your suggestion might make the OP feel more secure,
with the drive protected inside an enclosure.

To the OP - be sure that you choose an enclosure or cable that will accept
your drive. Most of the cables accept both 2.5" and 3.5" drives of both
persuasions, IDE/PATA and SATA. Many enclosures accept both IDE/PATA and
SATA too, but many accept only one type, and AFAIK all enclosures accept
only one drive size.

And just to roil the waters a bit more, here's an example of a dock:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...dock&x=20&y=28

Or in TinyURL form, http://preview.tinyurl.com/yhsh74u

The docks I've seen all take only SATA, but they all take either 2.5" or
3.5" drives.

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rmo555;1169238 Wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:23:36 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
> <not-me@newsgroup> wrote:
> > > >
> > >On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:11:23 -0400, rmo555@newsgroup wrote:
> > >> > > > >
> > > >> I want to use Acronis to clone my disk (laptop). How do I choose a
> > > >> disk and plug it in to my laptop (which only has one disk drive and
> > > no
> > > >> extra bays)?
> > > >>
> > > >> Sorry - I forgot to cross post......> > > >
> > >
> > >Plug it into a USB port. There are all kinds of adapters for that
> > purpose.
> > >Acronis will have no trouble with it. > >
>
> Can I purchase a "caddy" for the drive with a USB cord on it?

You may have missed my post: Those are the kind of enclosures that Gene
is talking about: ( 'hdd enclosure - Search at Office Depot'
(http://www.officedepot.com/catalog/s...=hdd+enclosure)
).


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whs

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:18:13 -0400, wrote:

> On 16 Oct 2009 00:09:46 GMT, ray <> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:11:23 -0400, rmo555 wrote:
>>
>>> I want to use Acronis to clone my disk (laptop). How do I choose a disk
>>> and plug it in to my laptop (which only has one disk drive and no extra
>>> bays)?
>>>
>>> Sorry - I forgot to cross post......
>>
>>Don't quite follow what you're up to. Do you absolutely want to add a
>>drive or are you interested in replacing one or are you simply looking at
>>backups?
>>
>>If not replace, then two possibilities spring to mind: external drive
>>(USB or firewire) or network.
>
> I find it very comforting to have a backup drive 'just in case.' Of
> course, I backup my entire drive (and network drives) almost daily.
> However, the files and data on my primary disk are irreplaceable. With
> a weekly or so backup disk drive and my (almost) daily backups, I'll
> never (hopefully) have to worry about losing my info. I even backup my
> drives to two independent backup external drives. I'm anal about
> backing up.

s/anal/prudent/ :-)

That is Unix slang for "no, you're not anal, you're prudent"...

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