![]() ![]() ![]() But data disks typically don't have data that would be affected by VSS. By comparison, cloning in Rescue works directly from the disk rather than VSS since in that scenario, the disk can be taken offline to other access and therefore there's no need for a snapshot. But Windows can and does exclude certain data from VSS snapshots, including System Restore points and the Windows Search index database, the latter of which can grow quite large and can be rebuilt automatically if missing anyway. (If you're curious about the checkpoints thing I mentioned, when you clone within Windows, Reflect works from a VSS snapshot of the drive, since it can't work directly from the "live" drive on account of it being online and therefore subject to having its data changed during the clone. But since you're just dealing with a data disk, I personally would have no reservations whatsoever cloning within Windows, in fact I do it all the time. In terms of using Rescue, if you were cloning your Windows disk, I would say that that suggestion can be worthwhile, especially if you have things like System Restore checkpoints you want to carry over. ![]() In terms of future backups to that disk, as long as you give the new drive the letter used by the old one and you're using Reflect's normal drive letter based destination targeting rather than unique volume identifier based targeting, yes you'll be fine. Image Guardian won't prevent you from formatting a volume that contains Reflect backups protected by Image Guardian, for example, since that too is a volume task (though it requires admin privileges, whereas modifying Reflect backup files wouldn't necessarily.) Image Guardian won't be a problem since that's a file-level task and cloning is a partition/block-level task. Just set up an automated backup schedule and choose to archive your files to an external disk, network volume, or CD and DVD, and let Get Backup Pro keep your data safe. Disk/Partition Clone: Choose Clone > Select the resource disk or partition > Select the target disk > Click Next to start. In Advanced options, you can choose the option of Create a portable Windows USB drive to clone the system to a USB drive. Choose between a full or incremental backup archives, and even encrypt it using AES-128, AES-256, Blowfish, or Triple DES. System Clone: Choose System Clone > choose the destination disk > click Next to start. After the clone, the cloned partitions on the destination of course won't have the same drive letters as the source since the source partitions are already using those letters. Set up backup encryption and automated backup schedule. ![]()
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