How to move OS Win 7 from Basis GPT to a new SSD with UEFI Bios
I hope someone can help me, bacause i'm out of ideas, how to get Win7 (64Bit) recover to a new SSD.
I made a backup with True Image 2013 and tried to recover (with Plus Pack 2013) it to the new SSD. Recover works, but partiton typ is not the same like the Win partition (Basis GPT, System, bootable) and booting from the SSD doesn't work. Is there a "how to" for this issue, or can someone explain how this works?
Thx
Hi shadowsports,
i tried different ways. The source HDD is a 1 TB 3,5" HDD, with 4 partitions, i made a screenshot.
Win7 partiton is 400 GB, but only 50GB used by OS Win7. My SSD is 64GB. I tried to format the SSD to a Basis GPT with Windows "diskpart", i leaved it unformattetd and formatted as a standard MBR. I moved only the OS partiton to the SSD, i moved both partitions OS and SYSTEM to the SSD but nothing works.
What can i do to make it work?
I dont think this is going to be possible with the size SSD you have. The GPT disk must have at minimum the first partition (EFI System Partition) and the OS partition, but probably needs the recovery partition (Wiederherstellungspartition) as well to be able to boot properly.
If you want to give it a try, use diskpart to clean your SSD, but do not create a partition or format it. Boot to the Acronis Rescue Media and Use the True Image tool "Add a new Disk" and initialize the SDD as a GPT based disk. Then restore the EFI system partition from the 1TB drive, but do not change the size of it. Then restore the OS partition from the 1TB drive, changing the size to fit the remaining unused space on the SSD. If you have the option to restore the MBR/track 0 and/or the disk signature, do them last. Shut down your system. Disconnect the 1TB drive and and connect the SSD to the same connector as the 1TB drive was originally connected to. Turn on your system to see your results. If your system boots up okay, you could then add your 1TB drive back to to your system on an additional connector.
This may not work, as your system may require the GPT Recovery partition to be present to be able to boot properly, but is worth a try. If this does work, you will no longer be able to use the recovery partition, as it will not exist in the correct location for your system any longer. My suggestion would be to obtain a larger SSD that would allow you to have the EFI System partition, the OS partition, and the Recovery Partition on it.
Hello James F, you are right, this wasn't possible. I miss a function in True Image to clone PARTITIONS, maybe this function could have been the solution.
But now i went another way. I disconnectet the 1 TB HDD an did a system restore form the Asus boot CD to the SSD. This works so far and the result was a fresh Windows installation on the SSD. Now i got my right partitions on the SSD, i installed the 1 GB HDD and made a restore of the OS partiton from HDD to the SSD. Now i got my "old" Windows on my new SSD.
But i'm a little bit sad about True Image. I bought for this operation True Image 2013 with Plus Pack. Dire straits would say in this case money for nothig.
Thank you for your help!
Regards
Frank
The method you used was a good idea. Glad it worked for you. You should have been able to follow the instructions I suggested, and achived the same result using True Image. Even though you say "money for nothing", you have purchased a very flexible backup solution for your system, and it can provide piece of mind for you. I would suggest you perform a full disk backup of your SSD now that you have it installed and working, so that the resulting backup image could be used to restore directly to the SSD in the future. According to your disk mangement ssd.jpg looks in the above post, your SSD is the DISK 1 and the 1TB is still DISK 0. You should have the SSD as DISK 0 and the 1TB as DISK 1 if you have both in your system.
Happy you found a way to get your system running.
Hi James F, you`re right, True Image is a really good software. It might have been a little bit too hard to say money for nothing. I use True Image since 2006 and it helped me more than one times. But the function to clone partitions or restore backups with the right file system should be improved!
Coming back to my drives, it isn't possible to change the order of the drives, because it's a notebook. And i found out, that the RECOVERY partiton isn't needed for propper booting.
I hope, that this discussion is usefull for other users and Acronis will improve the mentioned functions.
Have a nice day...
Frank
So I am still confused, will THI 2013 Disk Image, restore a completely functional SSD UEIF GPT or not? Same hardware or different hardware????
On the same hardware, there is no problem restore a image on a UEFI GPT SSD. But if you change the harddisk (SSD), i made the experience, that it will not work without many problems. Maybee i have too less knowledge on how to restore in this case. But you can read my story, that this has been very difficult for me.
Well the best I can tell is that THI is only going to restore partitions. It like many others can not create the boot sector correctly for UEIF/GPT disk. I am just hoping that THI can even correctly restore partitions on UEIF/GPT disk.
For copying to different hardware it appears that only Macrium Reflect is that only one that can handle copying to different hardware or restoring a Disk completely with out errors. I keep looking here In these forums to see if they have figured it out yet. I really don't want to change back up software again. But 2 of my 4 WS are already UEIF/GPT and these last 2 WS will be next upgrade which will be soon.
From what you are saying Restoring a single partition works, that is what I have been reading also. The problems is that THI can not write the boot partition for UEIF correctly on a Clean new SSD or Hard Drive.