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Acronis with NVMe SSD in W7

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Hi all.

I have been using TI 2014 w/W7 and a SATA HDD for years with no issue.

I just installed a Samsung 970 EVO + M2 NVMe 500GB SSD. Tho W7 does not have M2 NVMe native support, I was able to find a controller for the 970, and W7 recognizes it just fine. Using a 3rd party app, I migrated the OS to the 970 (from within W7), and can boot into it w/o issue. Yes, the SATA HDD is disconnected :)

The issue I have is that TI 2014 does not see the 970. I have no problem upgrading to a newer vers of Acronis, but need to know if I will be able to image and restore the OS as I have in the past. Do newer vers of Acronis see SSDs in W7?

 

Thanks in advance.

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Yes newer versions of True Image support NVMe drives and can image them fine.  A lot has changed in True Image from 2014 including a new GUI and some of the features of 2014 have been dropped and new features added to the latest releases.

Support for NVMe began in the 2016 version but I would encourage you if you do upgrade to move to the latest 2019 version.  You will need to read up on 2019 before you make the switch however as like I say, a lot has changed.

Yes there is.  Look below:

Trial

Just go to the main Acronis.com website and you should see the option to download a 30-day Trial for ATI 2019

Got it - thanks!

I have:

1. Installed

2. Made a bootable USB thumb drive

3, Made a b/u (.tib) of W7 (which is on the SSD) to an internal SATA HDD

All is fine, until I enter the recovery wizard. I see the SATA HDD, and I can choose the .tib, but the wizard does not see the SSD - it is not listed anywhere. What am I missing?

 

Thanks again. :)

 

--edit--

 

After searching, I found a thread called "Acronis 2019 does not see my C drive"

Based on that, I d/l-ed and installed Win AIK for W7, and then created a new bootable USB selecting WinPE from the Acronis menu.  The recovery wizard still does not show the SSD. Ok, NOW what am I missing?

ps - when I boot using the USB drive, should I be seeing "Windows is loading files" and then the W7 splash screen prior to entering the recovery wizard?

 

--edit--  #2

 

Ok, tried making another USB. Noticed something this time around - "add drivers for better compatibility" - and at the bottom, there is an "add folder" option, which will allow me to browse for drivers, that I should add to the USB, I presume? What am I browsing to and what am I adding? Something related to the AIK install I have just done?

I can also browse for WinPE files. Should I do that as well?

You need to use the MVP_Tool in the sticky thread. When building, select the build from WinRE option. This will add the Microsoft hotfix that will provide Windows 7 NVMe support.

SUCCESS!!!!

Thank you so much for that awesome tool.

Everything is working great now.

Cheers,

Glad to hear you had success.

Thanks for posting Paul.