Recovery to new disk (smaller disk but less than used space)
I'm running ATI Home 2012, Update 2.1 build 7133, on a Dell XPS15 notebook, dual boot Linux/Win7x64Home Premium, i7-2.00GHZ w/ 6GB RAM, single internal disk.
The original is a Toshiba 640GB SATA, and the replacement I want to try is a Samsung SSD 256GB
I have run a few backups, and I believe I'm not backing up unused space, and the total backup is about 85Gb used space, for all partitions combined.
I've built a USB boot stick, which works, and I've wiped/formatted the SSD drive.
When I go to restore the full C: drive, the Recovery tool isn't happy due to the partition sizes....is there a way to change the partition sizes so that I can fit them on the drive?
(No one single partition has more than 30Gb, and with a total of less than 90GB)
thanks
David
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ok, so I sat down to try the steps, and I'm comfortable with the process, and your notes, Pat. But, I may be missing something - how do I resize the partitions, once I've booted from my USB stick?
thanks much
David
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Look at this link. While it is not exactly like what MVP Pat L has suggested, this illustration will give you a feel for how to adjust the sizes of partitions.
http://forum.acronis.com/sites/default/files/forum/2009/08/3426/mar15-g…
Further illustration can be found in signature link #3 below and using the item 1 guide--for reference only.
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Hey Grover wow you put a lot of time into that stuff so thanks very much
My system has
1) a 102MB OEM parition, which is I think a Dell partition
2) a Recovery Partition (Active), 14.65GB NTFS
3) OS (C:), 354GB NTFS, Boot, Primary
4) 220.56GB Primary, Ubuntu Linux partition
5) a 5.92GB Primary partition - not sure but this might be for GRUB2 (Ubuntu's boot loader)
couple more questions:
is the Recovery partition an Acronis partition? how can I check?
how can I check the 5.92 partition? (what is it, where did it come from?) check Grub from Ubuntu?
thanks very much folks - your info and time is greatly appreciated
David
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The recovery partition is not an active partition. It contains the data necessary to restore your dell to its factory image.
If you don't restore it, your system will likely not boot. You would need to repair the startup of the computer which might be a bit more complicated since you have a Linux OS on it as well. To save you trouble, restore it.
I don't know what the 5.92 GB partition is.
Since you restore to an SSD, make sure that each partition has a size that is a whole number of megabytes (1024x1024bytes).
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Hi Pat - SO I finally got a chance to attack the restore to my SSD disk
First some clarity:
1) The Windows disk manager states the RECOVERY Partition IS the ACTIVE partition (See image uploaded)
2) The 5.92 GB partition is the Linux Swap
I restored all of the partitions in order, as shown in the image. I shrunk only the OS (C:) drive, and the Linux OS/Boot partitions.
It did not work. I restored the DELL OEM Partition (no size change), the Recovery Partition (no size change), the OS partition, (shrunk to 155GB, 105 GB used), the Linux partition (shrunk to 40 GB, I think) sequentially with all RESTORE SUCCESSFUL dialogs.
When I got to the Linux Swap partition, ATIH would not let me select the remaining unallocated, even though it was 7.7GB I tried and tried...it was grey'd -out..
So then I said F&*k it, and did the MBR/Disk Signature restore....
it won't boot
I did NOT do the Whole number thing - I let the OS select the sizes for the unchanged partitions, and selected integer sizes for the two I did change
any ideas?
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What happens when you boot? Does the system finds the right disk? Is the recovered disk on the same cabling as the old one? Is the old disk out?
What error do you see?
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after post memtest it goes to underline white blinking g cursor upper left
no error msgs
its a single drive notebook xps 15 a year plus old
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Verify that the BIOS sees the disk OK and that boot BIOS setting is pointing at that disk.
Did you mark the recovery partition "active" when you restored?
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hey pat I just checked yes in the bios it sees the samsung 840 and is in the boot device list (along w the network card)
I marked the recovery partition active just like in the image above
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UPDATE: I think the Recovery partition is marked ACTIVE because that was the first partition found by the Ubuntu boot manager (it's using GRUB 2)
It was originally a Win7 machine, and I loaded Ubuntu later, as a dual boot machine
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UPDATE 2: I booted the machine off of an UBUNTU USB stick, with the solid state drive installed,
I can access all of the partitions, excluding the Linux Swap (which couldn't be recovered...(I still don't know why it wouldn't let me select that remaining space to allocate to the Swap partition - it is 8.3 GB free, and the Swap was 5.92 GB, and mostly empty)
The UBUNTU disk manager has some tests, and the drive is very healthy....
something to do with the MBR/disk signature recovery, perhaps?
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Does this help? http://forum.acronis.com/forum/39872
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Try restoring the Linux Swap partition using sector-by-sector mode (if possible) for that partition only.
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I'll give that a shot
ONLY after I figure out why my USB recovery stick keeps freezing...it gets to the opening splash page, and I can't move the mouse or use any of the ctrl key sequences to use the arrow keys
any ideas why that would happen now, after using it for a week?
so to try and remediate, I put my original drive back into the unit, and formatted the USB stick and recreated the recovery media on the fresh stick - no good
should I be using any of the command switches at boot time?
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