Cloning disk shrinks 8 TB WD Easystore drive partition to 2 TB, the size of the source drive
I ran out of space on the 2 Tb WD Elements USB drive that stores my Acronis True Image 2020 Backups. I bought a WD Easystore 8 Tb drive and followed Acronis suggestion and cloned my 2 Tb disk to my 8 Tb disk.
Using ATI Clone Disc Utility, Clone Disk Wizard directions and chose the “Automatic” method.
I had an unwelcome surprise after the process was finished. My H: Easystore 8 Tb drive had been changed to H: Elements and repartitioned as a 2 Tb drive (with almost 6 Tb of unallocated space!) Windows Disk Management won’t let me shrink the 6 Tb unallocated portion of my disc, nor will it let me expand the 2 Tb portion that was cloned.
What can I do to expand my cloned (and functional) 2 Tb partition to enable Acronis TI 2020 to use my entire 8 Tb USB HDD? Perhaps I should have used Manual mode?
Best, Ed


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Thank You Ian!
You were right, ATI cloning switched my GPT disc to MBR. I did as you suggested and looked into "MiniTool Partition Wizard Free." While reading about the "MiniTool Partition Wizard Free" I failed to see where the free version would let me switch back to GPT so I bought the "MiniTool Partition Wizard Pro" version. It was worth $129 for me to be sure I would get the use of my 8 TB drive back, have assurance of priority Tech Support AND learn something about partitions, etc. Maybe more than I cared to know but we're "social distancing for Covid-19" anyway so I have the time to spare.
Thanks again for sharing your knowledge, Ed
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Hi Ed, thanks for the update. Glad you have got it sorted.
Ian
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