Migrating from a 500gb to a 1tb drive...
Ok i would like to use Acronis True Image 2010 Home to migrate from my 500gb drive to a 1Tb drive, both drives are SATA2.
The reason is i've seen some warnings about the Western Digital Green drives that uses IntelliPower to "park" the drive's head, i did tried to disable that but i turned that feature on again because i heard the drive head clicking, so now i ordered another Western Digital, but a WD10EALS (1Tb Blue series) to replace that WD5000AADS (500gb Green series), i really hate the fact the head "parks" after 8 seconds, it's annoying...
I did heard a lot of things about the True Image WD Edition not doing the job right...so i wish to use the real True Image 2010 Home to do the migration properly...
OS used: Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Drive 1: Western Digital WD5000AADS (500gb Green drive, SATA2)
Drive 2: Western Digital WD10EALS (1tb Blue drive, SATA2)
optical drive: LG dvd-writer (SATA interface also)
Now is there a "migrate" option in True Image 2010 Home's software? if not, how can i do it?

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You can do a restore of your backup to the new hard drive. You will have to create the backup first of course. See Grover's Index http://forum.acronis.com/forum/3426 sections 7A&D.
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oh yes, i must say i got build 5055 of True Image 2010 Home...and i didn't got the "this program of blocked due to compatibility issues" window while installing it, so i didn't had to click the "check for solutions online" button...Does that mean this build will work just fine with what i want to do?
Does this issue only affect build 4942 and/or lower?
Or TrueImage 2010 and TrueImage 10 are 2 different softwares? (TrueImage 10 being the older version?)
so the Clone Disk utility should be a piece of cake since the TI Home 2010 is fully compatible with Windows 7, right?
And...the Clone Disk utility should be launched from the Rescue disc created from the bootable CD/DVD? Or it doesn't change anything to do it directly in Windows 7?
And also, i did used Acronis Migrate Easy a few times in the past, When i had Windows 98SE and later with Windows XP. Will TrueImage Home 2010 be as easy as Migrate Easy to do an exact clone of my hard disk while taking the whole new space from the new hard disk?
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Francis,
I'm a little confused, but I'll see if I can answer your questions.
Build 5055 was the first English release of TI. Current build is 7096 . If you are having no problems with TI 2010 or the Rescue CD then there is no reason to upgrade to build 7096 - though it would be a good idea to download the latest build and install it after you have performed your clone or image.
Is build 4942 a French language version? I don't recall it as a beta build.
True Image 2010 is as you say the current version. TI 10 is about 3 - 4 years old. Whilst it can be installed on Windows 7 you will have difficulty, in fact I believe Microsoft may by now have blocked it in one of their updates.
TI 2010 is the Windows 7 compatible version.
The Clone Disk can be started from Windows or the Rescue CD, but if you are cloning your system drive it is better to start from the CD.
MAKE SURE YOU MAKE A FULL IMAGE OF THE DISK BEFORE YOU CLONE if you've never cloned a drive before.
The clone function is Migrate Easy embedded inside True Image. I haven't used the standalone version, so can't tell you if there are many or any differences between it and the version in TI. The GUI will definitely be different of course.
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i never did a full image of the disk before using Migrate Easy and it was always successful, never had any problem afterward.
But tell me why should i do a full image before cloning. in case there's a power failure or the power cord disconnecting from my computer or the power surge? My computer have pretty good components inside, no such crap like a 30$ no-name power supply. If there's a cloning failure, my guess is the "original" drive will stay the same.
If True Image Home 2010 asks me if i want to delete the original drive, i will just say no, just in case there's something wrong with the new drive. I'm not going to throw the previous drive away anyway, if all goes well, i'll probably wait a month or two before formatting the 500gb drive and using it as storage.
Ah ok so True Image 10 is much older than True Image 2010. So everything should be fine, right? Thanks for the tip also, i'll probably do this from the Rescue CD then (i don't have blank CDs anymore, only blank DVDs but the Rescue "media" creator did it anyway on a DVD, so it should work, as the Windows 7 disc is a bootable DVD...)
Also, with SATA drives (IDE mode), i don't have to switch jumper as all SATA drives are independent (does not need to be Master or Slave), so i can just change the boot priority of the drives in the BIOS, right?
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You are correct, the drive to be cloned should stay intact, I only mentioned making an image IF you'd never cloned before, partly because other people may read this thread and use it as a solution to their problem and partly because it can be relatively easy to get it wrong and for those who are having difficulty, it is even more likely that if something is going to go wrong then it is most likely to be the ultimate wipe everything kind.
Depending on your BIOS as well as changing the boot priority you may also have a boot order entry as well.
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yes that's what i meant, boot order. First is the DVD drive, then USB, then my 500gb hard disk (currently).
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