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I bought and installed a new WD 1TB HD as the secondary HD in my desktop computer. With the purchase of the HD I got a free download of Acronis True Image software (WD Edition). Using the Acronis software I successfully cloned my C drive (original HD in computer) to the new HD. I have been trying - unsuccessfully so far - to clone my C drive to an external HD - a Western Digital Passport 500. Acronis True Image WD Edition Software helps you to completely clone your current system drive onto your new WD hard drive. Cloning makes an exact copy of your old system drive on your new WD hard drive, including the operating system, applications, data, preferences, and email settings. Mobile Backup and Browse - back up unlimited phones and tablets wirelessly to your PC or Mac and/or the Acronis Cloud. Browse content on the web or on the computer. Migrate data from Android to. Sep 16, 2009  Western Digital is offering a free download of Acronis True Image WD Edition software to all owners of Western Digital hard drives. FYI, this special edition is based on the award winning Acronis True Image Home 2009 backup, restore and disaster recovery program. Dec 22, 2015  Acronis True Image WD Edition installed in 3 PC's with WD HDD. Few minutes ago, Acronis True Image WD Edition istalled in a Laptop with Hitachi HDD: OS: Windows 10.1 Pro x64.

User case: Acronis computer restart is required

“I got a new SSD from Western digital and then downloaded the cloning software from their website, but this software always tell me ”Acronis computer restart is required” Whenever I try to clone hard drive with it. But it still does not clone my hard drive after restarting. Why Acronis WD clone failed? Is it possible to fix it? If not, is there any alternative disk cloning software?”

3 situations to Acronis True Image WD edition not clone

1. Acronis True Image WD edition fails to clone hard drive within Windows. When you try to clone a hard drive within Windows, computer restart is required. However, your computer may not reboot to recovery enviroment.

Explain: you enable the secure boot in BIOS, but it does not allow this boot path as part of the cloning process. Secure boot is a security measure built into a system's BIOS, which is used to prevent untrustworthy firmware from running. To clone disk, you should turn off secure boot at first.

2. Acronis True Image WD edition does not recognize a Western Digital drive. Acronis True Image WD edition does not support exFAT file system, so Acronis won’t recognize it and you cannot use hard drive formatted as ExFAT as target drive. And most of the modern digital drive is formatted with exFAT. So, you need a better disk cloning software.

Explain: the most probable cause is that the drive does not have a valid MBR or a third party software is blocking the access to hard disk drives.

3. Acronis True Image WD edition installation restricted - this product edition requires at least one Western Digital drive to be installed in your system. This situation is very similar to the second one, but this problem is related to USB cable connected to WD disk.

4 Solutions to Acronis True Image WD edition not working

Solution 1: Disable secure boot

Secure boot will be one of the reasons why Acronis clone failed. To fix this issue, you need to disable Secure Boot in BIOS. Of course, you can enable Secure Boot again after cloning.

Step 1. Restart your computer, and then press the specified key(eg: F1, F2, ESC, etc) on the initial screen to enter BIOS.

Step 2. Find the Secure Boot option and select Disable. Usually, this option is either under the Security tab, the Boot tab, or the Authentication tab.

Solution 2: Clean WD hard drive

Sometimes, you can see your disk showing normally in Disk Management. But, it cannot be detected by a third-party tool like Acronis. This situation may be caused by an invalid MBR. Also, the software you use may not support the file system of disk. To fix the problem, you can clean the disk and initialize it.

Note: This operation will erase the disk entirely, so you need to back up important files in advance.

Step 1. Type cmd in the search box, then run as administrator.

Step 2. Type diskpart.

Step 3. Type list disk.

Step 4. Type select disk n (n is the number of your disk).

Step 5. Type clean.

Step 6. Press Win + R to summon the Run window, then type diskmgmt.msc.

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Step 7. Right-click the disk marked as Unknown, then select Initialize Disk.

Aside from that, you still can directly format exFAT to FAT32 or NTFS using a third-party tool. It still can solve the problem: the disk not detected.

Solution 3: Try Acronis bootable media

As mentioned above, WD hard drive may not reboot in the recovery environment, so you can choose to clone hard drive with Acronis bootable media. It can ensure that all your internal or external hard disk will be detected on the system.

Solution 4: Download and run .exe file

If you receive this error message, 'Acronis True Image WD edition installation restricted - this product edition requires at least one Western Digital drive to be installed in your system', you could contact WD support, download the special .exe file and run it three or four times, then install the Acronis again.

How to clone hard drive when Acronis WD clone failed?

After trying above solutions, if the Acronis True Image WD edition is still not working, you could consider using AOMEI Backupper Professional. It's simple and easy to use, and can ensure secure boot without any obstacle. It supports cloning disk, system, partition with various file system, including NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, etc. And it does not require a reboot if your computer is working smoothly.

Now, see below and learn the detailed steps to clone hard drive easily and quickly.

Step 1. Download AOMEI Backupper Professional, install and launch it.

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Step 2. Click Disk Clone under the Clone tab.

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Step 3. Select the source disk and click Next.

Step 4. Select the destination disk and click Next. You can select destination disk with exFAT, FAT32, NTFS, etc.

Step 5. Preview the Operation Summary. Check the option 'SSD Alignment' if you're replacing hard drive with SSD.

Step 6. Click Start Clone and wait for the operation to end. Replace the hard drive with cloned disk and change boot order in BIOS to boot from the new drive.

Note:

  • In general, there will be an extra unallocated space after cloning disk to a larger disk. Thus, if you want to make full use of the disk space, you can click Edit partitions and adjust the space using one of the following way.

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  • If your target disk idoes not have enough space, you can choose to clone only system partition or a specified partition.

  • If you are using server-based computer, you could try AOMEI Backupper Server as instead.

Conclusion

Reading here, you may know how to solve “ Acronis True Image WD edition will not clone”. You can turn off the Secure Boot option to solve “Acronis computer restart is required”. Also, you can clear disk and reinitialize it to solve “Acronis does not recognize disk”. Besides, you still can try to use Acronis bootable media or contact WD support directly.

Except for these solutions, a trust and reliable disk cloning software like AOMEI Backupper Professional will be a better choice. It makes everything easier. You can directly clone disk without any obstacle and it will ensure that your computer can boot from the cloned disk successfully.

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Acronis True Image WD Edition provides you with all the essential tools you need to recover your computer system should a disaster occur, such as losing data, accidentally deleting critical files or folders, or a complete hard disk crash. If failures occur that block access to information or affect system operation, you will be able to restore the system and the lost data easily.

Installation notes:

You need at least one Western Digital hard drive attached in your system to be able to install and run the product.

The installation procedure is straightforward. Run the downloaded executable file and follow instructions.

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Minimum system requirements

Acronis True Image WD Edition requires the following hardware:

  • Western Digital or SanDisk drive
  • Processor Pentium 1 GHz.
  • 1 GB RAM.
  • 1.5 GB of free space on a hard disk.
  • CD-RW/DVD-RW drive or USB flash drive for bootable media creation.
  • Screen resolution is 1152 x 720.
  • Mouse or other pointing device (recommended).

Supported operating systems:

Acronis True Image WD Edition has been tested on the following operating systems:

  • Windows 7 SP1
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows 10

Acronis True Image WD Edition also lets you create a bootable CD-R/DVD-R that can back up and recover a disk/partition on a computer running any Intel- or AMD- based PC operating system, including Linux速. (Note that the Intel-based Apple Macintosh is not supported.)

Supported file systems:

  • FAT16/32
  • NTFS
  • Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 *
  • ReiserFS *
  • Linux SWAP *

If a file system is not supported or is corrupted, Acronis True Image WD Edition can copy data using a sector-by-sector approach.

Supported storage media:

  • Hard disk drives*
  • Solid State Drives (SSD)
  • Networked storage devices
  • CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R (including double-layer DVD+R), DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, BD-R, BD-RE
  • USB 1.1 / 2.0 / 3.0, FireWire (IEEE-1394) and PC card storage devices
  • REV and other removable media

Acronis True Image WD Edition supports large hard disk drives with a capacity of more than 2TB. This support is provided even if the operating system does not have support for such hardware. For more information see Acronis Extended Capacity Manager.

SSD support:

The recommended offset for Solid State Drives (SSD) is a multiple of 64 KB (most commonly, 1024KB or 2048 sectors).

Acronis True Image WD Edition provides full support of SSDs. It keeps the proper offset of SSD during such operations as image recovery and cloning. Specifically, full support means that:

  • If you recover a disk backup to an SSD or clone a disk to an SSD, the offset will be automatically set to the default 1024 KB (2048 sectors).
  • If you recover a partition backup to a target empty non-partitioned (unallocated) SSD, the offset will be automatically set to the default 1024 KB (2048 sectors).
  • If you recover a partition backup to a target empty partitioned SSD, the target SSD will keep its original offset.

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  • NVMe interface was supported in the drive detection mechanism.

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