FINALLY RESTORED-but hard drive size remains the same
Hello again
I got enough help here to finally restore an image to a larger hard drive in my laptop. However the storage size/space available remains the same.
before: 320gb hard drive but in windows it said 11.4gb free out of 285gb
after i put in the 750gb hard drive windows says the same thing. how do i fix this?
The general idea on how to fix your issue is contained in this posting.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/25522#comment-79477
You can do another restore and make the corrections as part of the new restore or you can use the steps outlined in this link.
Essentially, if you use this link, what you need to do is to use the Mini-tool partitioning wizard CD and
1. slide/move the recovery partition to the extreme right .
This will cause the unallocated space to move adjacent to the drive C partiton.
2. Then grab hold of the right boundary of drive C and slide the boundary into and consume all the unallocated space.
no way id rather do a new restore. what is the best way to do that the right way this time.
Ok. If you do not want to do another restore, then I'll help you but it may be not right now. In preparation,
1. Download
http://www.partitionwizard.com/download/pwhe8.iso
2. After download, browse to the folder where you stored the download
Put a new blank CD in the CD burner device
Right click on the file and choose the "Open with" option
Click the Windows Disk Image Burner selection.
Click Burn. The new bootable Partition Wizard Partition utility CD will be created
3. You should also review this guide which also shows how to use the PW CD to move and resize your partition.
http://www.partitionwizard.com/help/resize-partition.html
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Boot from the new Partition Wizard CD.
Essentially, if you use this link, what you need to do is to use the Mini-tool partitioning wizard CD and
4. Grab hold and slide/move the recovery partition to the extreme right .
This will cause the unallocated space to move in between the C and D
5. Then grab hold of the right boundary of drive C and drag the boundary into and consume all the unallocated space.
As a result of your changes, if Drive C is enlarged to consume all the unallocated space, then Click APPLY.
otherwise, make corrrections.
The changes are not final until you click the apply button.
Let me know the results.
oh man really sorry. i meant id PREFER to do another restore just need to know what to do diff this time
Then, review link #3 below and follow the item #1 to restore to a larger or smaller disk.
this was one of the first things i read and made me understand why u guys advocate full disk backup. this looks like partitions so not exactly sure where i should pick up in the guide
AHHHH HELP!!
I tried to add new disk from the program itself and I couldnt even right click on the new hard drive that I put in.
So I tried add new disk from the recovery environment using the cd. I did add new disk, followed the steps, lost data, then restored again. After restore was complete, the capacity remained the same. What am I missing. I used your (groverh) guide and the only option i did not have available was the ability to delete partitions like in fig 66 (there were none on the disk). I picked mbr layout.
all preparation will be when booted from the TrueImage REcovery CD.
Before we can begin, we need more information about your backup so let's simulate the beginning of a restore
Boot from your TrueImage Recovery CD.
Complete figures 1 through 6 from my guide (restore to larger/smaller disk).
When you get to figure 7, we need to confirm what shows on your scren
Your screen should list
(C:)...............partition size 285 GB
Recovery (D:)......partition size 13 GB
MBR/Track 0
The question is
does it list only 3 item or is more or less items listed. If different, what else is listed or missing.
Also, is the word "act" listed under either listing? If yes, where.
Test complete. You can remove the CD and reboot
Once I have your response to the above, I will prepare some steps specific to your computer.
Reading the guide can be very helpful.
Figure 14 is one of the places provided to the user to change partition sizes.
Is this the computer which began as Vista and upgraded to Windows 7?
i followed 1-7 and my screen says what you expected (3 items in the order u typed). however next to the "c" drive it says pri, act.
wow you have a great memory, its my cpu and i forget constantly that it DID begin as vista then got the win7 upgrade
As you indicated that you had already completed the TrueImage Add disk optin so all the space on the 750 is blank of partitions and currently unallocated.
Boot from the True Image Recovery CD
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Part 1:
Restoring partition 1 or your Windows C partition
Figures 1-8 as listed in my guides "Restore-Larger/smaller disk"
Figure 9 -Checkmark your Drive C item to be restored is your windows partitions
Figure 10 - As illustrated. Select Step 1 --New Location
Figure 11-- As illustrated Select your unallocated new disk
Figure 12-- As illustrated. Select step 2
Figure 13-- As illustrated Select Primary also make sure active is also checked.
Figure 14--As illustrated- Select step 3 Change defaults
Figure 15--As illustrated. This is where the partition resize takes place.
Most likely, the picture will start out as below but you will need to correct
Before correction:(it may differ)
Partition size=285.05 GH
Free space before= 1 mb (MB but not GB)
Free space after=413 GB
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Look closely at figure 15 and compare to your screen
Note there is a long very narrow rectangular bar which extends across the picture which is representative of your partition 1.
Under the extreme left side of that rectangle are two pointer symbols--kinda like wooden houses with a pointed roof Use your mouse pointer and grab hold of the pointer on the RIGHT. Drag the pointer to the right and note the changing figures as you drag. What you are doing is increasing the size of the c partition and you need to drag the symbol until it reaches 685 GB
Also note near the bottom is the current partition size listed in numbers. You can also use the up/down arrows adjacent to the numerals if dragging the pointer does not produce what you need.
Before you leave figure 15, you want it to read as below
Partition size=685GB (no larger but very slightly less is ok)
Free space before= 1 MB (note it is MB and not GB)
Free space after= 13 GB (ok if slightly more than not less) (this 13 gb space is to be used for the Recovery partition in the next step)
Complete figures 16-20 without any other changes.
Figures 17 and 19 summary should show a partition size of 685.00 GB or slightly less but not more. The remaining 13 gb space is for the Recovery partition.
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If you have any questions ask before pressing the PROCEED BUTTON or you can cancel, ask your questions and then start over again fresh.
Complete the restore via the Proceed button. After restore, no reboot necessary.
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Part 2--Restoring the Recovery Partition 2
Figures 21-25 as listed.
Figure 26 -Checkmark your Recovery Drive D 13.04 GB backup item to be restored
Figure 27 - As illustrated. Select Step 1 --New Location
Figure 28-- Select the remaining unallocated part of your new disk
Figure 29-- As illustrated. Select step 2
Figure 30-- Primary should be pre-checked but be sure active is NOT checked. Uncheck if necessary.
Figure 31--As illustrated- Select step 3 Change defaults
Figure 31--As illustrated. This is where the partition resize takes place.
changes may or may not be necessary.
Before you leave figure 31, you want it to read as below
Partition size=13 GB (no smaller but slightly more is ok)
Free space before= 0 MB (must be 0)
Free space after= 0 GB (must be 0)
Complete figures 32-37 without any other changes.
Figures 34 and 36 summary should show a partition size of 13 GB or slightly larger but not less.
Complete the restore via the proceed button. After restore, No reboot necessary.-
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Part 3: Restoring MBR and Track 0 and checkmarking the Recover Disk Signature option.
Begin with figure 55.
Complete figures 55 -58. checkmark to restore mbr/track 0
Figure 59 requires two actions by you.
a. Select the new 750 disk to receive the mbr
b. checkmark the "Recover disk signature" option.
c. Click next
Complete figure 60-- no actions needed except click proceed to complete the restore.
After restore completed.
Remove the TI recovery CD.
Shutdown and remove the external usb connections.
reboot with nothing else attached.
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Part 4:
After reboot, open Windows Disk Management and verify that you still have only two partitions. Drive C of 685 GB and Drive D Recovery of 13 GB--or thereabouts.
With Windows Disk management still open
Place the mouse pointer inside the Drive C Windows partition
RIGHT CLICK Drive C
Click Properties
Type in a volume name for your drive C such as
Windows7_C
Click OK to complete the name change.
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Part 5:
Goto Start/All Programs/Accessories/system tools/
Click on system information
Click on Components
Click on Storage/disks
Note in the description column about line 19
"Partition Starting offset" should read 1,048,576 bytes
which means your boot partition is properly aligned.
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ps: No, I do not have a great memory, I just used the tools provided.
For example,
click on your user name
click on "commented forum topics"
listed is all the topics where you have added comments.
Also the column "created forum topics"
This information is available to you and anyone needing to know.
oh my god. ur awesome. is it fair to say that me wanting to avoid all that by doing a full disk backup was kinda useless because to restore to a bigger disk i had to go partition by partition anyway?
I' m not sure I am understanding your question and not sure of the point you are trying to make.
When creating a new disk, the preferred type of backup to have is the full disk option backup. While a partition type backup of the same partition may work in many instances, I don't know of any instance where the partitiion type backup is the better to have. You can easily restore single partitions from a disk option backup but there is certainly instances where the disk option backup offers more restore options.
Your disk configuration is typical of an upgraded disk but most users have whatever came on their computer at time of purchase. Many--perhpas most--have a hidden system partition as the starting partition. As you upgraded your OS,you do not have such a partition and your C is the active partition. You may or may not have been able to ugrade to a larger disk by restoring only C to a new disk. Having a disk option backup makes sure you have everything you need for a successful creation of a new disk.
If you want to read more on the topic, this may be of interest.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/42602#comment-133593
With my prior posting, you should have all the informtion you need to complete a new restore to your new larger disk with your own specialized settings.
If you fail, try again and again. The adjusting of partition size can be touchy but easily doable with a little practice.
what im saying is that ur instructions were awesome and everything worked perfect. when i first joined, i was failing to understand that the only way to restore to a larger disk was partition by partition. i thought i could make a full disk backup and the select the whole c drive to restore and my storage capacity would have been updated.
When creating a new disk, if you had a disk mode full backup, you should have been able to perform a disk opiton restore and you would not have had the unallocated space problem. Instead, the results may have been two expanded partitons--not just C as the user had no control when the disk option restore is performed. Whether this would have happened would have been identified in the last summary screen which spells out what the result will be BEFORE you click the proceed option.
When you do not have a disk mode backup or disk image backup, the program requires that user do their own change of partition sizes. I believe this is what you missed in your original restore. You accepted the defaults without changing the partitions sizes so you the result was a new disk with the same old partition sizes. Had the original backup been a disk image backup, the result would have been what I described in the first paragraph above.
Click on link 3 below and read my comments about item #2. My thoughts was that the best solution for your situation was the guide to restore to a larger/smaller disk. It was more difficult but the instructions (both the basic guide or those with instructions specific to you) would have been successful.
This is my last posting in this topic. Goiod luck.
understood and thanks for your time and patience