Acronis IDE to SATA - So far so good.
OK, now I have the Seagate drive and Acronis True Image 9.1 and I've had a quick browse of the manual. I'm happy about the process of cloning my current C:\ drive to the Seagate. However, I'm uncertain about one thing. Acronis suggests wiping the data from the cloned drive before booting into Windows with the new one but the manual also warns not to delete the data from the old drive until you're certain that the new drive is functioning properly.
It's a couple of years since I last cloned a drive and I've never done this from IDE to SATA before. my options seem to be as follows...
1. Allow Acronis to make the new drive my C:\ drive and to erase the data on the old IDE drive. (this makes me a little apprehensive as I'd hate to have to re-install my system should I or circumstance mess up the cloning.
2. Allow Acronis to make the Seagate the C:\drive and leave the OS and system to remain on the old drive and to do a quick reformat of it once I've (hopefully) booted into Windows from the Seagate. (If this works it seems to be the most hassle free procedure).
3. Allow Acronis to do its thing and then to disconnect the old IDE before rebooting into Windows.
I'm making heavy weather out of this so I'd welcome some kindly advice. I plan to do all this tomorrow morning so an early reply would be gratefully received.
Thanks for your attention.
