

You can both browse the contents or backup and restore them partially or entirely (e.g. You can generate image in “online” mode but this will require you to install Acronis True Image WD Edition inside the OS. It will be published on WD site as soon as it becomes available. See answers from PM team below:Ģ018 is in the works between Acronis and WD. Hi /u/viennabound, thanks for your questions. Will I be able to install WD Edition on both computers, even though I'm using a single USB drive as backup target? I'd like to use one WD Elements drive for image backups, and I'd like to use this drive on two separate computers. Once I have made image backups, can I start one up as a virtual machine? If so, what other software do I need for that? Once I have made image backups, can I "mount a disk backup as a virtual disk" with WD Edition? If so, how do I go about doing this? Once I have made image backups, can I use WD Edition to "browse the contents of backups and restore them partially or entirely." ?

To make an image backup of a Windows 10 system disk using WD Edition, do I need to shutdown/restart/reboot with special media, or can the image be generated "online", that is, while I continue to use Windows? (ATI 2018 lists online image creation as a feature) 2018 version? Because it looks to me like the "WD Edition" I can download is a 2016 version. Is this available with the latest features, i.e.

I'd also recommend to watch this and this videos before planning.Įdit: For Samsung drives you'll need to use Samsung Data Migration software Here is also a ( ) describing the process. ( ) note: installation media supported with the drive. So, whenever you consider cloning, please pick the link relevant to your source or target drive manufacturer: I decided to make this list as a permanent post to ensure that it doesn't disappear anywhere and I won't have to copy paste all the same information many times per day :)Īnother very important thing is to gather feedback, so it is welcome in the comments below :) If you are seeing this then you are most likely clicked on my link somewhere in r/BuildAPC or in any other relevant subreddit :)
