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Back to Basics #1 - Cloning a hard disk

For this, the first back to basics post I've decided to cover the way that I clone hard disks here at the PC Doc HQ.
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Contributing Writer
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Two disks - the small one, and a larger one I want to move to

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Acronis True Image Echo Workstation walk-through - Step 1

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Acronis True Image Echo Workstation walk-through - Step 2

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Acronis True Image Echo Workstation walk-through - Step 3

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Acronis True Image Echo Workstation walk-through - Step 4

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Acronis True Image Echo Workstation walk-through - Step 5

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Acronis True Image Echo Workstation walk-through - Step 6

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Acronis True Image Echo Workstation walk-through - Step 7

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Moving the data ...

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... moving the data ...

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Done!

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Data moved, job done!

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