2012 Acronis True Image Cloning
I have Acronis True Image 2012 installed on my PC. My C drive is almost full. The C drive is 128SSD. I need to get a larger one. Can I clone my original C drive without having to restore all my software? If so, can someone tell me how?


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I'm using Windows 7, 128GB SSD standard drive in a desktop. I have not created a back yet, and I'm not sure of the OS boots. How can I tell how the OS boots?
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To see how the OS boots, run the command: msinfo32 within Windows then look for BIOS mode in the right side panel. This should show UEFI or else will shows either Legacy or the make of disk drive.
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Neither appeared when I typed msinfo32. Also, I was unable to use any of the F keys on my keyboard. This is no good when I want to change the boot order. Any ideas? Steve, thanks by the way for your input and knowledge.
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Scott, does msinfo32 show anything for the BIOS mode setting, i.e. the name of your 128GB SSD drive?
The other method of checking here is via Disk Management and looking at the Volume Properties for your SSD drive, to see if this shows GPT (UEFI) or MBR (Legacy).
Regarding using the Function keys, what make of PC do you have?
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Steve,
It is MBR. Also, it is "homemade". I put it together in 2011. At the time I believe it worked fine. The problem is, I put a 128GB SSD in and should've went to a 500GB.
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Scott, thanks for confirming the PC is Legacy / MBR. Homemade is fine, I have a few of my own of similar vintage with older Intel P4 motherboards / processors!
As per my previous comments:
Create the Acronis Rescue Media and test that you are able to boot from it and see your existing disk drives plus a backup drive.
Make a full disk backup of the current, working 128GB SSD to a backup drive.
Shutdown, remove the 128GB SSD, replace it with a larger drive. Put the 128GB SSD aside somewhere safe!
Boot the PC from the Rescue Media with the backup drive connected.
Use the Tools > Add new disk option to prepare the new larger drive using MBR partition scheme. No need to create any partitions on the drive as will be wiped during the restore.
Recover your full disk backup from the backup drive to the new larger drive.
Assuming all completes successfully, check the Logs for confirmation before leaving the rescue media environment (logs are lost on restart!).
Shutdown, remove rescue media and backup drive, then check that you can boot Ok into Windows from the new larger drive.
Once you are happy that everything is as you need it to be, then consider connecting the old 128GB SSD via a USB adapter and formatting it for re-use as a second drive.
Make a new full disk backup of the new working larger drive.
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