RNFolsom wrote:
a) If I acquire a commercial Acronis version instead of the Western Digital Acronis version, would that solve my inability to restore backups from my Apricorn external hard disk?
Most likely but I’m not sure since I have not used that version
RNFolsom wrote:
b) If I acquire a Western Digital external hard disk, would I be able to use the Western Digital Acronis to back up and restore my C: and D: partitions?
Nope… Acronis WD edition is not for external drives, not even WD externals
RNFolsom wrote:
c) Is there any way that I have overlooked to enable the WD Acronis version not only to back up to my external Apricorn hard disk but also to restore from from my Apricorn hard disk? (I wanted the WD Acronis version not because it was free, but because it apparently was somewhat simpler than the commercial version, and I wanted to continue using the Apricorn external hard disk because it is less than two thirds full. But maybe having both “wants” isn’t possible.)
don’t think so, not with the WD edition
bare in mind this is a freeware only for WD internal drives so there are certain limitations
