Copy or Cloine GPT partition to Disk
So with the decrease in ssd prices I purchased another SSD for my system. I was hoping to copy my "D:" drive from a partitioned spinner disk to the new SSD. Then explain Drive ":E:" to the entire spinner drive. I believe the spinner drive is GPT partitioned. I have run a complete backup of the entire hard drive both partitions. The one issue I am concerned with is my "d:" contains most of my programs and I really don't want to reinstall them all. Is this possible? The original partition is 2 tb but only about 400 gigs is filled, and the target ssd is 1 TB. I can make recuse media that works under acronis 2011 when i originally built this system, so I can assume the newest version 2020 can wok.


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Thanks for the welcome and answer!
So to make sure i am clear.
Install drive in bios (Yes is UEFI)
Let system boot up normally*
Use Acronis to restore backed up partition to new drive.
Change orginal drive to drive O:
Change new ssd to drive D:
Reboot ( I assumed this step because for some reason my setup needs rebooting after any change)
Test software on drive D:
If successfull use disk management to delete drive O: and Expand Drive E:
* - was thinking this should be in another environment as to not cause links to be reset to O:?
Thanks Again
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Eric, if you are worried about any links being changed to O: then simply remove the drive letter from O: and leave it as a hidden drive instead.
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Ok so tried to restore backup from windoes ATI and it won't let me choose the new sad. I tried the rescue ATI USB and I could get to the step where I choose a new drive letter, however how do I change the old one from within the rescue USB?
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Eric, there isn't a way of changing drive letters using the normal rescue media - you would need to do this from within Windows.
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