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[RESOLVED] USB3 Help

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I use a USB3 to SATA adapter on a SSD - Crucial 128GB V4.

I have benchmarked the SDD and the USB3 port while in Windows 7 OS.

While connected to the USB3 port I get sequential speed benchmarks of 200MB/s for read and 170MB/s for write.

While connected to the USB2 port I get sequential speed benchmarks of 38MB/s for read and 27MB/s for write.

While in Windows 7, using Acronis obviously I have done backups to both ports. With the USB3 port I am done in about 10 minutes. Using the USB2 port I will be honest, I have not timed it specifically, but it would not surprise me if I was pushing 2 hours; which considering my benchmark speeds "adds up".

I do like and prefer however using the bootable media via CD to do my backups.

My USB3 ports are not recognized on my laptops. When I plug the harddrive in via my USBat 3 to SATA adapter to a USB3 port, the light flashes briefly, but then thats it; Acronis does not display anything. Luckily my laptop has a USB2 port, so I can get things to work just fine. But, having experienced the speeds of USB3, having my backups run on USB2 is painfully slow.

What can I do to get the USB3 ports to work with the bootable media? I would be willing to try WINPE also. If WINPE is an option, guidance would be appreciated on how I can determine which drivers if any I would need to get and the order, if it matters, on how to install the drivers.

Thanks ...

Edit:

My laptop is an HP DV6T-7000, 3rd Generation Intel I7, Windows 7 Professional.  Let me know what else I can provide that may help.

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Gavin,
It is not possible for the standard boot media to support every chipset on the market. The plus pack add on allows you to create a winpe boot disk which you can create with the drivers your system needs to use your USB 3 connected devces.

James F has created one of the best winpe tutorials. Complete and up to date:

http://forum.acronis.com/forum/35238

Acronis just released Update 1 Build 6514 for True Image Home 2013 ...

This build did the trick wonderfully!

Man I love USB3 ... backup speeds are amazing!

Props to Acronis.