Can Acronis move the boot partition on Windows 10 GPT NVME drive

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Initial configuration:

SSD drive with four partitions in this order:  |
Boot, C:(Windows), Recovery, Recovery.
I assume one of the recovery partitions was from Windows 7 before I updated, not sure.

Task - Move MBR partitioned SSD to larger NVME, convert to GPT in the process, and expand C to use the entire disk.

I can delete one or even both of the recovery partitions (which I did, leaving 2 partitions), but when converting from MBR to GPT (required for th NVME to work), the new boot partition is created in the free space at the end of the C: drive.  This blocks the expansion of the C: drive, which was the whole purpose of the conversion.

Question:

Can I use Acronis do delete the old boot and move the new boot to the beginning of the drive where the old boot was (and still have the machine be bootable of course).

Also, Acronis do the GPT conversion for me?

 

Tue, 02/25/2020 - 17:01
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William, welcome to these public User Forums.

Can I use Acronis do delete the old boot and move the new boot to the beginning of the drive where the old boot was (and still have the machine be bootable of course).

No, not directly!  That is more the province of partition management software.  It can be done but in a different way.

Also, Acronis do the GPT conversion for me?

Yes, it can but again I would advise taking a different approach here, especially as you are wanting to migrate your OS to an NVMe type drive.

The approach I would recommend is as follows:
Note: this assumes you have got ATI 2020 installed with Windows 10.

  1. Focus only on the existing SSD and get this working as GPT.
  2. Create the ATI 2020 bootable Rescue Media.
  3. Make a full Disk backup of the working MBR SSD to an external backup drive.  This can be done either from within Windows using the installed ATI application, or else using the rescue media to boot the computer in Legacy / MBR mode.
  4. Shutdown the computer, then ensure that you are able to boot the Acronis Rescue Media in UEFI / GPT mode.  If needed go into the UEFI BIOS settings to allow this.
  5. Restore the full Disk backup from step 3. to the existing SSD, which will cause ATI to migrate the data from MBR to GPT, including creating an EFI System partition.
  6. When the restore / recovery process is complete, check the Log information while still in the rescue media environment / application.
  7. Shutdown the computer by closing the offline ATI application, then remove the rescue media and external backup drive.
  8. Boot into Windows from the migrated UEFI / GPT SSD and check all is OK.

All of the above is actioned for the existing non-NVMe SSD.  If you haven't installed the new NVMe SSD yet, then shutdown and install this, allowing for any new device drivers to be installed or install any required for the NVMe drive.

Assuming that all the above is looking good, then repeat step 3 above to create a full Disk backup of the now GPT SSD working drive.

The final steps to perform to complete the migration from the standard SATA SSD to NVMe SSD are as follows:

  1. Shutdown the computer.
  2. Remove or disconnect the current SATA SSD.
  3. Boot from the Acronis rescue media in UEFI / GPT boot mode with your external backup drive connected.
  4. Use the Tools > Add new disk option of the rescue media to prepare the NVMe SSD as a GPT drive if the drive shows as 'Not initialised'.  You do not need to create any partitions on the NVMe SSD - leave it as unallocated.
  5. Recover the full disk backup from the external drive to the NVMe SSD.
  6. Check the Log information while still in the rescue environment.
  7. Shutdown, remove the rescue media and external drive.
  8. Boot into Windows from the NVMe SSD.

At this point, if all has gone smoothly you should have your Windows 10 booting from the NVMe SSD as a GPT drive.  The EFI System partition may be at the beginning or end of the drive depending on how things were on the original SATA SSD.

Check that Windows 10 is working as expected from the NVMe SSD without the original SATA SSD connected or installed.  If all looks good, then consider what you want to do with the SATA SSD?  If you intend to reinstall / connect it then I would recommend formatting that drive before doing so, by connecting it as an external drive via a USB - SATA adapter cable or caddy.

If you have any issues with the allocation of space on the NVMe SSD, then download a copy of the free MiniTool Partition Wizard software and use this to move any partitions to the end of any unallocated space and expand your OS partition into released space. 
Note: do not attempt to actually move the EFI System partition to change the place it holds on the drive - only slide it to the right or left within any existing free or unallocated space.

Wed, 02/26/2020 - 14:30
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