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Acronis True Image 2010 with Advanced Format 4K sector drives

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Hello Keith,

Let me shed some light on your concern.

Unfortunately, currently Acronis True Image Home 2010 doesn't have support for the correct alignment of 4K sector drives. However, our developers are already working to add support of such drives to the software and they'll be supported in future versions of Acronis True Image.

I may recommend you to have a look at this comment made by our MVP MudCrab to have some information on how to work with 4K sector drives.

Please reply to this thread if you have any additional questions.

Thank you.

Is True Image Home 2010 still not 4k sector aware?

I'm not buying it until I can make an image of a fresh Windows 7 install on my SSD and be able to restore it with proper alignment being restored as well without having to use a separate utility to restore proper alignment.

Dear IsLNdbOi!

Thank you for your comment and for bringing this question up.

SSD alignment support will not be implemented to Acronis True Image Home 2010.  The proper support for SSD drives which takes into account the specifics of the partitions offset is planned for the next version of  Acronis True Image Home product, which is reported to be Acronis True Image Home 2011. You can find more information about SSD support in this KB article.

We have just released Beta version of it, so it would be nice if you could join us and test it to see whether it suits your needs. 

If you’d like to join in our current beta program and try our new product, you will need to register first here.

In case you are already registered in our beta program you will need to log in to your existing account here

Our Development team will be glad to address every your question or concern in our special Acronis True Image Home Beta Forum.

Should you need anything else or have any further questions - feel free to contact us at your earliest convenience, we will be happy to help you!

Thank you!

Ok, well it looks like there are alot of people out there that have made backups using Acronis True Image 2010 that have restored their backups and have verified that the restored backup / image kept the proper 4k alignment.

Read this on Anandtech, Hardforums and Extremesystems. Question now is why Acronis' employees don't know that True Image can do this...

Hello IsLNdbOi,

Thank you very much for your comment.

Please let me shed some more light on this.

When restoring/cloning drives or partitions that do not involve partition creation or modification of its size, the product will keep the offset you originally had (either that within the image or that of the target partition).

We have a very detailed explanation regarding the whole partition alignment issue in our software by a member of the Acronis team. You can check it here.

Please let me know if you need additional assistance.

Thank you.