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Question

Cloning question

Nov 29, 2012 4:44AM PST

If I use Acronis or Ghost, can I set up two hard drives, both via USB and clone one to the other?

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Depends on the version of said apps.
Nov 29, 2012 4:55AM PST

Old ones didn't work. Recent ones are fine.
Bob

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clone
Dec 2, 2012 3:03PM PST
Shocked where is my answer
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Yes, you can...
Dec 4, 2012 2:38PM PST

Both Acronis TrueImage and Norton Ghost let you specify specific directories (on any drive or partition) to backup/copy. Though you could accomplish the same thing with any sync software or a standard copy-and-paste operation.

John