Can I restore a bootable SSD image to another SSD if I keep all other PC components unchanged ?
Hello.
I am contemplating exchanging my system SSD for a different SSD (with a different firmware). After this exchange I need to restore my current image of the previous SSD (this image has been created with Acronis True Image 2009 Home) to the new SSD. All other components of my PC remain unchanged.
(PC with Win.XP Home 32bit SP3 and Acronis TIH 2009 build 9.769)
Will the image be successfully restored ?
And will the MBR be restored as well ? Will I able to boot from this drive ?
How similar do the 2 SSD's at least need to be for this process to work well ?
What sort of problems do I need to anticipate ?
Thanks.

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Hello Snakeyes!
Thank you for your question. We will be glad to assist you with it, but in order to provide you with the detailed answer, we will need to know what exact alignment you mean?
Could you please kindly give us a bit more details regarding the scenario you are concerned about?
Thank you!
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You can check MudCrab's link below. From what I have understood of the various postings is that
if you perform a "disk" option backup and perform a "disk" option restore,
the restore will put the system back on the same alignment as existed at time of backup.
MudCrab SSD alignment
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/3823#comment-4877
http://forum.acronis.com/sites/default/files/forum/2010/01/7523/backup_…
http://forum.acronis.com/sites/default/files/forum/2010/01/7523/restore…
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SSD partitions need to be in set up in specific offsets that are multiples of 64k. This allows full writes on each block. Mag.platter drives use a different offset 63k. As far as I know, Acronis still uses a 63k offset. This drastically reduces the efficiency of an SSD (50%). I know, from personal experience, that copying a hard drive partition onto an SSD results in the 63K offset. I was hoping that a restore on a correctly aligned partition of the original partition, from the SSD would not screwup the offset. If it does, Acronis 2010 is of no use to me, or any other SSD owner, till they correct this issue.
Obviously, I hope that when the new version comes out, I am not charged for upgrading to it. By the way, your competing product has resolved this issue.
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GroverH. appreciate your post. I was doing my one finger typing in response to Yana's post when you posted. thanks for listing these helpful posts. Since I have 160 GB partitioned SSD, soon to be a 320 GB SSD (raid 0) with three partitions, I would hate to have to backup the entire drive. But beggars can't be choosers, and that at least, is a valid option. Thank you.
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Snakeeyes,
Performing a "disk" option restore will cause your new disk to assume the same size as your old disk but that is easily corrected. After the new disk is booting/working correctly, you can use a partitioning utility such as "partition wizard" to expand the size of the existing too small partition into the new unallocated space. If multiple partitions, you may have to change size on each partition.
There have been other postings on SSD so you may want to search a little.
partition wizard iso file--burn to bootable CD.
http://www.partitionwizard.com/download/pwhe5.iso
I am also assuming that your restore would be performed when booted from the TI Rescue CD; and that the target disk be placed in its intended boot position before restoring.
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