Cloning and partitions True Image 2014
Hello, non-techie newbie here. I have an HP desktop with a 500Gig Hard disk which is almost full. Currently it is split 465G of data and 7 Gig of recovery (and a small amount of free space). I've bought a 1Tb disk and gone through the cloning process, hoping to end up with 7Gig of recovery space and the balance as space for data. However, which ever method of cloning I select, I end up with 465Gig of data, another 480g of space (a separate partition) and 7G of recovery. If I continue like this I will have two separate drives for data - wont I?
Can anyone explain what I am doing wrong?
Many thanks in advance.


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In reply to Mike, welcome to these User… by truwrikodrorow…

Steve
Thanks for the reply.
I have not actually installed the new 1Tb HDD into my case. It is currently sitting outside and connected via USB. I really cannot see where I am able to re-size the partitions using the Acronis software itself. I will try that MiniTool Partition Wizard to see what happens.
I haven't actually done the cloning yet. I've been through the Acronis steps and it shows a graphic of what the new disk will look like and am getting (in round numbers), 2 x 465Gig and 1 x 7G of HP recovery. because that is not what I want, I have stopped the procedure.
Mike
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Mike, I personally prefer to use a partition tool program to manage my partition sizes rather than let Acronis do the resizing of partitions automatically for me.
Please note that when you use either cloning or backup & restore, any existing partitions on the target drive will be removed by Acronis during this process, so there is no point in spending a lot of time getting the partition sizes exactly right before doing the clone or restore - do this after that is done.
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