Restored image to new SSD - wrong alignment
I use Acronis 2009. I only use the bootable CD mode, I don't have the app installed in windows.
When I got a new ssd for my laptop I just imaged the HDD drive and restored to the new ssd. I now gather that doesn't do any good to the SSD's alignment / offset. I don't really understand what this is all about, but apparently it impacts performance.
Is there a way to backup all my files to a spare drive, change the alignment on the SSD, then copy all those files back, and still have the OS boot normally? I used diskpart and it told me I have an alignment of 31 and I don't think that's right.
But I know if I just create a new image that'll preserve the alignment problem.
Please tell me how to restore my files so I can shift the alignment so it's perfect for my SSD. I have plenty of spare hard drives as 'go betweens'.
Thanks
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Let me ask more clearly.
I want to restore my hard drive image onto a newly aligned SSD. I want to preserve the SSD alignment. How do I do it?
Do I first restore the NTFS, and then the MBR? OR the other way round? Would someone please tell me?
Thanks
Worst forum ever! Acronis messes up ssd alignment but noone will admit it! Stop living in denial acronis people. Your product is even shipped with HDD to SSD cloning kits, which means you're responsible for people not getting max performance from their new SSD because the instructions (eg with kingston ssdnow laptop upgrade kit) encourage people to do a full image but say NOTHING about alignment.
Why are you so secretive about this massive flaw?
Hello all,
Please accept our profound apologies for the delay with the response.
dev-anon, thank you very much for your help, you're absolutely correct.
jt7747, please follow the steps that described at our old support forum to save your SSD drive alignment:
0. back up your current hard drive, please, just in case
1. delete ssd partition through disk manager and align partition using diskpar
2. fast format the partition on the ssd and set as active through disk manager
3. in a first step, restore only the mbr and track 0 from the acronis image to the ssd
4. in a second step, restore acronis image as specified files or folders to A NEW LOCATION (NOT THE ORIGINAL !!! See step 0 for prevention), which will be the ssd
5. reboot if asked
Please let us know if you have any further questions.
Thank you.
Ilya, this still needs to be fixed though. The instructions are hard for newbies (and sometimes newbies have very high performance systems, remember--they may be high-priced experts in other respects), and this would be very easy for you guys to fix once and for all.
I hope it's a priority.
I agree - I have to say that I won't be upgrading any time soon until this issue is fixed. It should be a simple one or two step process integrated into the restore. At least give the user the choice of using the original alignment, the Win7/SSD-optimised alignment, or a user-defined alignment (some SSDs may have other non-standard alignments).
I have just gone through the same painful process to discover that Acronis messes up partition alignement. How they can sell the program for use with an SSD on windows XP is beyond me - its basically crooked! I tried to find out before using the program if this was fixed and none of the support staff had the faintest idea.
Michael
Michael,
If you restore the full image (entire disk selected) of a non-aligned disk to another disk, you will get a non-aligned disk.
To restore properly from the CD:
- go to tools, select add new disk, select the disk you restore TO, this will erase any existing partition,
- restore one partition at a time, do not select MBR+Track0, in the same order as they were on the other disk. Make sure to make active the right partition. No need to reboot between each partition. Each you will be able to restore and adjust the space before and after the partition. Choose 1MB for the first partition to create the right offset.
- finally restore the MBR+Track0 and disk signature.