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Creating an SSD Win7 sys disk with TI 2012

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I have recently bought a Corsair Performance Pro 128gb SSD with a view to making it my Win7 system disk.So I....
1.Backed up my system.
2.Restarted the m/c,after disconnecting 'old' sys disk,with TI stand-alone disk
3.Selected back-up file,then just the data part and then selected the Corsair as output-although the SATA sys disk is 160gb it only has 90gb of data on it.
4.The d/load failed -
'Failed to write data to the disk- Sector 2,048 - Direct r/w operation has failed (0x590001)

So reloaded normal system and Win7 had the Corsair as 'unallocated'.Mounted as a simple disk,copied random files to it no problem,then deleted them-Corsair empty.
Re did step 2 above.
This time message 'failed to read from the disk'.If it meant the archive it was validated ok.
Now followed other attempts where the stand-alone system just froze,had r/w errors and the error from 4 above.
I have just tried again selecting the MBR file and it was successful so,with hope in my heart,I tried the 100mb System Reserved file and TI froze.

In the past I have used TI to recover files with no problem although it puts the files in it's own folder which is annoying.

In case you haven't guessed,I need some help.
Thank you.

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Try this:
- put your SSD in the system at the same spot as the older disk. I am assuming there is no change in disk interface settings (for example from IDE to SATA/AHCI or RAID). Make sure this is the case. If there is a change from IDE to SATA, do the restore in the same mode the old disk was in, then you will change the mode. If you change from IDE or SATA to RAID, this will work only if your board supports migration from AHCI to RAID (some intel controllers allow for that).

- boot on the Acronis recovery CD, and click add new disk. Choose your new SSD. You don't need to add a partition as ATI suggests (delete the proposed default partition).

- try restoring only the system reserved partition, leaving a 1MB offset before that partition. If this doesn't work, you will have to contact Acronis support. If it works, proceed to restore the C:\system partition (no need to reboot inbetween).

- Finally, restore the MBR +Track0 and the disk signature as the last pass.

See here for some similar steps and optimization recommendations. http://forum.acronis.com/forum/26162

Hi Pat L,
Did what you suggested and suddenly all 3 files,almost,copied perfectly.The almost is when I tried to boot the system I got a 'MBR Error 3'.I ran my Win7 disk and opted for a repair,which seemed to work,but only loading the system the HDD light went on solid and,after 20mins,I powered off.
Investigated the MBR error and thought I would try again.Formatted the SSD and repeated your instructions but same thing.So tryed the repair option again and this time it came back quicker and said to restart to fix problem.Then 'WHOOSH' the system loaded and,so far,is working just like the 'old one'.I nervously even did a restart to make sure I wasn't dreaming but that worked fine.

Thank you VERY much for your help because it would not have crossed my mind to put the SSD on the same sata port.

Ellis,
When the repair option is used, the repair only fixes one item at a time. If is not unusual for the repair option needing to be run several times in succession to get everything usable.

Ellis, check that your SSD is aligned:

- launch msinfo32 > components > storage > disks
- look at the offset number for each partition (last in the paragraph)
- if the number is divisible by 4096, your disk is aligned

If it is not, you will have to restore again and make sure that you leave a 1MB offset before the first partition, and that each partition size is a whole number of MB (multiple of 1024 bytes)

Thank you for that info on checking the SSD alignment.It divided exactly to 27136 bytes,so,looking good.