Acronis True Image Home 2011 and SSD Partition Alignment ?
I have the Acronis True Image Home 2011 Build 6942. Recently I upgraded my PC with a new 128 GB SSD. I did a clean install of Windows 7 Professional to that SSD. I also have another 1 TB HDD as disk D. Both disks have only one partition. The partition alignment on SSD was correct as much I could verify using msinfo32.exe. The same is true for disk D. Following my long time practice, after the installation of necessary programs, I made the Acronis images, *.tib files, of both disks on another HDD in eSATA external enclosure. If I ever need to restore the image of SSD disk, will the partition alignment be retained if I do it with this version or should I switch over to newer versions ie 2012 or 2013 ?
I can't remember exactly but somewhere I found that in order to preserve the partition alignment on SSD during restore operation one has to do it with version 2012 at least. I always use to restore the whole disk, never partition by partition.
Both disks have only one partition.That may not be true. By default Windows 7 Professional installs a hidden System Reserved partition which is required for boot. If your backup included just your OS partition, a restore may not be bootable unless it is then repaired.
Create a full disk backup, selecting the checkbox for the entire disk (not just individual partitions). That ensures that you have everything you need, and you won't need to understand how the disk is laid out with possible hidden partitions. A full disk backup captures everything, and is the simplest, safest backup method.
That is exactly what I did. Check this in my post: "I always use to restore the whole disk, never partition by partition"
However, I raised the question about the possible partition misalignment after the whole disk image was restored to SSD with Acronis 2011 ? In other words, may I keep this version or should I consider purchase of newer version regarding this operation ?
ATi won't set the alignment for you. You'll need to do that on te SSD, after which ATI can restore into it fine.
ATi won't set the alignment for you. You'll need to do that on te SSD, after which ATI can restore into it fine.
It is contrary to what was written in this topic "28249: SSD alignment questions", post # 4, quote: "- restoring an aligned image to the same disk as a whole disk restore (clicking all partitions and MBR+track0 in what to restore) will create an exact copy of the disk and. therefore, will be aligned,"
Right, that says "restoring an aligned image". So, alignment was done before creating the image.
Right, that says "restoring an aligned image". So, alignment was done before creating the image.
Right, that is what I have done. First I made a fresh install of Windows 7 professional on a brand new SSD. Isn,t it supposed to be properly aligned in that case ? Yes. And I checked the alignment by msinfo32.exe report. It was aligned. I think I made it clear in my post.
What I want to know is will the alignment be retained when I restore the whole disk image of that SSD, using ATIH 2011 ? I want someone to confirm me that I may stick with Acronis 2011 and that I do need to upgrade to say 2013 just for purpose of proper alignment after this simple operation.
Right, that says "restoring an aligned image". So, alignment was done before creating the image.
Right, that is what I have done. First I made a fresh install of Windows 7 professional on a brand new SSD. Isn,t it supposed to be properly aligned in that case ? Yes. And I checked the alignment by msinfo32.exe report. It was aligned. I think I made it clear in my post.
What I want to know is will the alignment be retained when I restore the whole disk image of that SSD, using ATIH 2011 ? I want someone to confirm me that I may stick with Acronis 2011 and that I do need to upgrade to say 2013 just for purpose of proper alignment after this simple operation.