A situation involving Partitions and Cloning!
Hello!
I am new to the Forum and I am unsure if this is the correct Forum for me to Post my request for help. If this isn't the correct Forum, please direct me to the correct one.
Here is my dilema. I have a Windows based System that has multiple Hard Drives, each with one Partition per Drive. Essentially a Dual Boot System for XP-Pro and Vista. Each of these Operating Systema reside on separate physical Hard Drives. Each Drive only has one Partition, that being the one with the Operating System on it.
I purchased a two TB Drive with the intent of creating a Multi Boot Drive and discontinue the use of the other two smaller Drives. I used XP-Pro to set up the new Drive and I Partitioned it into thirds as I intend on using Window-7 in the near future. I labeled the C: Partition on the new Drive as: WINDOWS-7, the D: Partition as: VISTA and the E: as XP-Pro. I plan on "migrating" stuff from XP-Pro and Vista to Windows-7 over time. This is why I placed the Windows-7 Partition up front as it will be getting the most use.
Now for my problem / situation. I purchased a copy of Acronis True Image Home 2011 - PC Backup & Recovery. I thought that what I wanted to do would be able to be done with it. It appears that I was wrong.
I can create an Image of my XP-Pro and Vista Drives/Partition(s) but when I go to Recover them to the new Drive, Acronis wants to Recover either XP-Pro or Vista to the new Drive by overwriting the Partitions I created leaving me with a Drive with only one Partition, just like the original Drive.
Is there an Acronis Product that will allow me to Image a Partition and Restore that Partition Image to the Partition of my choice, not Acronis's? PLEASE help is you can. I am willing to buy something else but I really need to resolve if what I have is the correct solution or not. I have invested many day trying several solutions but no luck yet. The XP-Pro System and the Vista System each have over 200 GB's each and anything I try takes forever - and of course hasn't worked.
Best regards,
Mike Lynch

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Thank you.
I'm really new and I do not know what TI means?
Best regards,
Mike Lynch
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Thank you!
I tried again and after hours and hours it finished only to say the NTLDR was missing.
I give up.
Thanks again for you feedback / help.
Best regards,
Mike Lynch
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Which partition did you restore and was it restored as active?
Since you are using dual booting, some of your booting files may be stored elsewhere.
It would seem you need to make some adjustments after the restore and tell it which partition is the boot partition; or are you using a boot selector?
Maybe some of the others forum membes with dual boot knowledge can provide assistance.
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