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After the disk is initialized, its icon is now shown in green instead of grayed and the necessary new 
disk information appears. The disk block remains gray though, because after the initialization all the 
disk space remains unallocated and so still impossible to be used for program installation or file 
storage. To be able to use it, proceed normally to the Create volume operation. 
 
6.9.5.2. 
Basic disk cloning 
Sometimes it is necessary to transfer all the disk data onto a new disk. It can be a case of expanding 
the system volume, starting a new system layout or disk evacuation due to a hardware fault. In any 
case, the reason for the Clone basic disk operation can be summed up as the necessity to transfer all 
the source disk data to a target disk exactly as it is. 
Acronis Disk Director Lite allows the operation to be carried out to basic MBR disks only. 
To plan the Clone basic disk operation: 
1.  Select a disk you want to clone. 
2.  Select a disk as target for the cloning operation. 
3.  Select a cloning method and specify advanced options. 
The new volume structure will be graphically represented in the Disk management view immediately. 
It is advisable that you deactivate Acronis Startup Recovery Manager (p. 338) (ASRM), if it is active, before 
cloning a system disk. Otherwise the cloned operating system might not boot. You can activate the ASRM again 
after the cloning is completed. If deactivation is not possible, choose the As is method to clone the disk. 
 
Selecting source and target disks 
The program displays a list of partitioned disks and asks the user to select the source disk, from which 
data will be transferred to another disk. 
The next step is selection of a disk as target for the cloning operation. The program enables the user 
to select a disk if its size will be sufficient to hold all the data from the source disk without any loss. 
If there is some data on the disk that was chosen as the target, the user will receive a warning: “The 
selected target disk is not empty. The data on its volumes will be overwritten.
”, meaning that all the 
data currently located on the chosen target disk will be lost irrevocably. 
 
Cloning method and advanced options 
The Clone basic disk operation usually means that the information from the source disk is transferred 
to the target “As is”. So, if the destination disk is the same size and even if it is larger, it is possible to 
transfer all the information there exactly as it is stored at the source. 
But with the wide range of available hardware it is normal that the target disk would differ in size 
from the source. If the destination is larger, then it would be advisable to resize the source disk 
volumes to avoid leaving unallocated space on the target disk by selecting the Proportionally resize 
volumes
 option. The option to Clone basic disk “as is” remains, but the default method of cloning will 
be carried out with proportional enlargement of all the source disk volumes   so that no unallocated 
space remains on the target disk . 
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