ESP / MSR partition in Acronis True image 2020
Hi First of all I must say acronis software is most usable and very comfortable but there is one problem when cloning or restoring widnows 10 image. If I install windows 10 this will automatically partition ssd or hdd (partitions will be like this: ~ 550 recovery partition, then ESP/MSR and disc C).If I will backup partitions I only see 550 mb, 100mb ESP partition and disk C. I wll be unable to backup MSR partition. This means if i decide to restore this disks I will be unable to creat or resotre MSR (Microsoft Reserved Partitio) partition. Becouse of Acronis have no ability to create ESP/MSR I will miss this partition. I know I can creat this partitions using diskpart. And here is the question is this so hard to add acronis this feature? I knwo one soft which have this feature (PartitionGuru). When windows 7 was actual system there was no this problem. Thanks
Mustang wrote:True Image will create a new MSR partition of 128 MB at the beginning of the disk when you do a full disk restore or a clone operation.
Squall Leonhart wrote:And let it be reiterated, this is faulty behavior.
the MSR should be placed AFTER the ESP and be 16MB on Windows 10 disks,
Where is this documented by Microsoft?
The MSR on my Windows 10 systems is 128MB, not 16MB and the placement doesn't matter whether it is before or after the ESP, the only documented requirement is that it must be before the OS partition to my knowledge.
Microsoft Reserved Partition (MSR)
The MSR is used on UEFI/GPT systems, to support software components that formerly used hidden sectors.
The MSR partition must:
Have 128 MB of hard drive space.
Be located before the Windows operating-system partitions.
For more information about MSR partitions, see Windows and GPT FAQ
Refer to the "Applies to" line for my response, and then follow on with reading the version relevant to windows 10+ titled "UEFI/GPT-based hard drive partitions"
and then educate yourself on the fact that the Creation of a MSR partition incorrectly by the Software creates faulty layouts on machines that never(MBR2GPT conversion) had or deleted the MSR.
Sorry but looks like you have edited your earlier post and I no longer see the comment I quoted from the original post nor any 'applies to' line or follow on link to look at???