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How to force True Image boot CD to recover and create a system reserved disk

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After several hours of struggling I decided to post my problem here, while I'm sure it's somewhere in well hidden place described already. But please correct me if I'm wrong, it isn't the user manual.

I want to clone a Windows 7 boot HDD (C:) to a new HDD. I created a True Image boot CD, booted from CD and created an image of C: and E: (system reserved) partitions.
Now I have a new HDD attached to this PC and image tib file on old HDD D: partition.

And from here on, I can't figure out how to create a new bootable copy of original C: and E: (system reserved)

True Image 2013 doesn't seem to know how to handle these C: and E: and proposes E: system reserved to new 250GB C: (now F:)
I used a too to Add new disk, but there is no explanation what size and where these must be.located. Especially System Reserved one.
Intention was to divide new HDD also into two parts, accordingly like now C: and D:.

But the problem is there is no way to force True Image to create the System Reserved partition automatically as Windows creates it and I don't have any info how exactly this partition must be created. As system reserved I doubt it's correct to create this manually using Add new disk tools because it is not the normal partition I guess.
Since I often repair computers, this workflow (Boot CD or USB) is most essential way for me how I have used to work with Acronis previous versions.

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If you create a full disk mode backup (selecting the disk, not individual partitions), when you restore it the new disk will have the same partition layout as the old disk that you backed up.

When in the recovery environment, drive letters will often differ from what you see in Windows. That's not an Acronis issue, it's the nature of the Linux-based recovery environment. You should assign names to each of your partitions so that you can identify them, without relying on drive letters. Otherwise you could easily restore to the wrong partition/drive.

Vee R,

Spend some time at this link---especially items 1, 2, 3.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/29618

I believe this link could also be helpful in creating a full and complete backup of all partitions on the disk including any non-lettered partitions.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/28705

Any restore of your backups should be performed via the Aconis Recovery CD and this CD can also be used to create disk or partition backups that might be needed.

Thanks for the help and links.
After several attempts and reading again and again also user manual I finally managed with copy. The dead end was in the manual, where was no information that after
1. targeting the reserved system disk to proposed future c: (250GB) next one can reduce it to 100MB (manually of course as Acronis isn't capable determining the original partition size from backup)
2. After decreasing partition the rest remains unallocated again and in the next step can be targeted as C:.
3. and finally and not the least is offensive Forum Thread, indicating where after so many efforts the real problem lies. Where I just had to give up and post the question.
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/35047

Thanks a lot!