Acronis won't clone my HD

Hello,

Running Acronis True Image Home 2009 build 12.0.0.9796

I have two SATA hd's both identical
2 x Seagate ST31500341AS Firmware CC1H

1 HD has 2 partitions: C: and E:
the other hd I want to use as a backup (by cloning first drive to it)

When using Acronis... it will not let me clone.
I select Clone
Then Automatic (also tried all other combinations under manual as well)
select source drive [noparse](C: and E[/noparse]
select destination drive *****
Then it comes back and says something about the destination drive is either too small or has errors on it.

I had 1 large partition, so I removed the partition and left it with none.

Using manual settings doesn't help either.


(I'm a little upset.. but hope someone knows the answer)

Thank-you

 

detroitdr,

Have you tried cloning using the Acronis boot CD instead of from Windows? Grover H has a guide in his signature.

I wouldn't use a clone for a backup. Images are much more flexible.

 

Yes I even tried using a bootable cd.

I have tried EVERYTHING.. I'm not sure if it's because I'm using the exact same drive that is causing the problem... but then again CLONE shouldn't care.

 

No, it shouldn't care.

 

Does the destination drive have any bad sectors? Can you run chkdsk /r on the drive to see?