How can I stop backing up empty space?
I'm upgrading my wife from an SSHD (1TB) to an SSD (500GB). Only around 150GB is currently used - however, the backup is taking up around 880GB of space. I'm not doing a sector-level backup and its size estimate before running the backup is ~140GB.
Unsurprisingly, when I tried to restore onto the 500GB drive it wouldn't allow me to select it. I've spent a few hours searching online and poking through settings, but (other than sector-level) I can't find anything that would cause it to backup the entire drive instead of just the disk contents.
Any help? My research included https://kb.acronis.com/content/2770 but I think the issue is during backup creation, not restoration.


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Thank you Steve. I was only initially able to shrink the drive by a few gigs, but used PerfectDisk to move everything - after that, it was a piece of cake to shrink the drive by 80%, backup, restore, and expand the drive.
Appreciate the help!
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Glad you have been able to do the migration, thanks for the feedback.
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