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--- software:backup:images [2026/05/20 23:52] – [Experience] superwizard
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 Forget Hasleo - will not clone to a USB
+: Used Macrium Reflect Free (Trial) Ver 7 (have copy)
+: Have not tried:
+     The "Hardware Swap" Disk Clone
+       ** If you are determined to use Acronis,**
+         you can trick it by changing the order of physical operations.
+         Instead of cloning from the inside out, you clone from the outside in.
+		- Create
+		    an **Acronis
+		      Bootable Rescue Media** (USB flash drive) using the
+		    Acronis software before you swap them, or borrow another
+		    computer to make one.
+		- **Take the old drive out** of your laptop and put it into the
+		    USB dock.
+		- **Put
+		      the brand new, empty WD Blue disk directly inside** the
+		    laptop.
+		- Boot
+		    your laptop from that Acronis USB flash drive. Because the
+		    WD Blue is now connected directly to the laptop's
+		    motherboard, Acronis will recognize it instantly.
+		- Select
+		    the old drive (now in the USB dock) as your source, and
+		    clone it onto the internal WD Blue.