Is anyone aware of the method to have True Image do the MBR-to-GPT conversion on the target drive during or after the clone? So far the only option I’ve found is to pay $30 USD for EaseUS Partition Manager software to convert to GPT without data loss but I’m not excited about paying another 30% of the cost of the drive to do this when Western Digital also supplies cloning software that should, in my mind, offer this capability. Acronis True Image for Crucial: The Acronis True Image for Crucial by Acronis is a powerful data backup and. True Image will only do exact clones, including forcing the target disk to the same MBR format as the source is even if the destination disk was GPT format before the clone operation starts. Acronis True Image for Crucial, free download. Since Acronis True Image is the OEM software Western Digital supplies to do the cloning work, I would expect there is an option within True Image to define that I want the target disk to be GPT format after the clone. We all know how important a good backup strategy is when it comes to saving all of your important data stored on your computer. Note: the first section of the above KB document directs laptop users to KB 2931: How to clone a laptop hard drive - and has the following paragraph: It is recommended to put the new drive in the laptop first, and connect the old drive via USB. Using Acronis will safely back up and migrate your data from your old drive to. Please see KB 56634: Acronis True Image: how to clone a disk - and review the step by step guide given there. The end goal is to have a bootable OS disk in GPT format. In this demo, we’ll show you how to clone your data from your old HDD to your new SSD using Acronis True Image.

Like I assume a lot of people are doing to prepare for Windows 11, I am trying to clone my existing Windows 10 MBR-format system disk to a GPT-format target disk to satisfy this Windows 11 upgrade requirement.

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