Not enough space to restore
I created a backup image of W7, recreated the same size partition and attempted to restore the image, but it indicated that there was not enough space. Then I enlarged the partition and tried again but still the same message was shown. What am I doing wrong?
The purpose was to correct the disk alignment. I was not sure if I could achieve that by what I attempted doing. The image I was going to restore was created from obviously the misaligned partition. Any comment on this is appreciated. Having said that, my reply as follows:
Why are you creating a partition before you restore?
I wanted to create the partition using W7 so that the new partition is aligned correctly.
Are you positive you are trying to restore only one partition to the target partition?
I am positive.
Would you have done a sector-by-sector backup by any chance?
No, I did not.
Is the target disk empty except for the new partition?
What is the size of the partition being restored? Is this the system reserve?
If using Windows 7, you should be able to align the partition as part of the restore such as adding 1 mb free space before the first partition.
Click on my signature link below and look at index items # 3-BB which illustrated one method of restoring to a larger disk for either a Gateway or Compaq. Just adapt the same principles to other brands. Restore should be done when booted from the CD.
Another method of restoring would be to select and restore each partition before selecting and restoring the next. Just be sure that the restore sequence is the same sequence as shown in the Windows Disk Management graphical view.
Is the target disk empty except for the new partition?
No, there are more partitions. I deleted and recreated the top partition using W7's built-in utility. This placed 1024KB offset for the top partition. It was formerly 31KB.
What is the size of the partition being restored? Is this the system reserve?
100GB. It is W7 system.
If using Windows 7, you should be able to align the partition as part of the restore such as adding 1 mb free space before the first partition.
Does "1 mb free space" means "1 MB unallocated space" or "1 MB partition"?
Anyway, if a partition is created by using W7's built-in utility(Disk Management), the partition appears to be correctly aligned as I stated above. Do we still need to add the "1 MB pad" in front? Maybe I misunderstood what you are trying to say.
Click on my signature link below and look at index items # 3-BB which illustrated one method of restoring to a larger disk for either a Gateway or Compaq. Just adapt the same principles to other brands.
I do not see # 3-BB in your signature line.
What I want to do is to copy W7 installed on the top partition on the 1TB 3.5" HDD onto a 64MB SSD. The partition on the 3.5' HDD is not aligned(offset is 31KB). The ATIH2012 image was created from this misaligned partition. If I restore the image to the SSD, does the partition on the SSD stay aligned?
To locate my 3-bb reference, click on the first line of my signature below and locate line 3-BB inside the index. This is one example of how to restore to a larger disk.
The 1mb free space is part of the unallocated space and it is space before the first partition starts. You can see by the example below. On any Windows 7 system, you "should" be able to restore the first partition and adjust the "free space before" to 1mb as part of the restore. What I have found that works for me is to get the partition size correct (first partition) and then as the last adjust type the "1" into the mb window of the "free space before" setting. Then click accept. Then I edit the partition again and confirm that the 1 mb setting was retained and that all settings are correct for that partition. If not correct, then I repeat until they are correct.
After you click the accept, the resulting screen should show the settings that were accepted by the program. Repeat the edits if necessary until correct. Remember, it is practice until you click the proceed option.
As for the SSD alignment, you should be able to do the restore and verify that the alignment is correct (1 mb free space before) and this initial verification can take place as part of the restore procedure. When restoring and you get to where all the partitions are displayed for selection to be restored, then adjust your screen as illustrated in figures 8-9-10 of the guide. This will cause the starting sector to be displayed which is 2048 for a 1mb offset.
You indicated the sizes of the partition was 100 Gigabyte--(not MB). Is this first partition the boot partition?
In this example, the partition size of the first partition is 100 MB. The remaining space is unallocated as this example shows a first partition being restored to a new blank disk with remaining partitions yet to be restored.
When restoring with 2012, you should be able to restore a mis-aligned backup to a SSD and make any necessary corrections to 1 mb offset as part of the restore procedure. You may or may not have to make some changes but if changes are needed to get the 1 mb offset, it is possible do this adjustment as illustrated below.
Thank you for your detailed instructions which I copied for my future reference.
I came to realize that what I was going to do was to restore ATIH image to SSD on a dissimilar hardware(motherboard). Since I did restoring dissimilar hardware only once long time ago using ATIH2010, I decided to practice with regular HDD instead. I tried that but the restored W7 failed to boot on the dissimilar hardware.
My plan is to learn how to restore image to a dissimilar hardware, then to tackle restoring the image to the SSD.
I am going to run a search for "Restoring image to dissimilar hardware" in this forum. If no solution found then I will initiate a new thread on this topic.
Check out signature index item 7-H.
Thanks for the detailed tutorial.
I am still having difficulty restoring an image to a dissimilar hardware.
I perused the tutorial and think I follwed the instructions. The restoration operation ended with "Restoration is completed" message. But on the way to booting from the restored system, the "System Repaire" was automatically launched and it ended with the following message:
StartRep.exe - Application Error
The instructin at 0xfbf9584d referenced memory at 0x00000008. The memory could not be read.
Click on OK to terminate the program.
I moved the HDD to a different machine which used the same model of motherboard and tried booting there but the exact same error message was returned.
I tried ATIH2010+PP and ATIH2012+PP but the results were the same.
I wonder what I am doing wrong.