Clone MBR drive for MBR computer on GPT system
trying to clone an MBR windows 7 drive just to make a copy to try & repair - but 2012 makes it a GPT and it becomes unbootable because the older system does not have GPT - How can I get the option to TURN OFF GPT when cloning a drive if I want it to be MBR - the manual did not say if there is any way to turn this off. I had to uninstall 2012 and put on 2010 to clone an MBr drive - which irritates me - so is there a way to fix this in 20012
Seahwk1313,
Do you have the same problem when you clone from the recovery CD?
If booting from recovery CD doesn't help, try recovery CD and switch BIOS booting mode to 'legacy' before booting.
the workaround is to use backup and restore of the drive.
In this case, I'm afraid that it will make the new disk GPT to make it bootable on the currenty machine, as current machine uses UEFI to boot. Unless the disk is initialized to MBR before.
sorry for the delay have been out of town. I have a windows 7 64bit ASUS P9X79 socket 2011 32GB mem etc etc. It has made the drive GPT for the uefi boot stuff, which I had originally turned off but somehow it is on. I use this machine to fix other peoples computers. I primarily clone system drives so I can work on a copy of the drive while I am trying to repair it, therefore leaving the original as is. The drives may be win XP, VIsta, Server2008, server2003, win7 etc and NONE of them have GPT. All i want to do is clone a drive from a non GPT system to a new drive and not have it pick up the GPt from my computer
In Trueimage 2012 when I try to clone an MBR drive from an older computer it WILL NOT LET ME TURN OFF GPT EVEN THOUGH THE DRIVE IS BASIC MBR- IT WILL ONLY ALLOW CLONING A GPT DISK THEREFORE I CANNOT CLONE DRIVES anymore for older systems. I am not trying to clone the GPT system drive on my computer but an old drive to another similar type drive. I DO NOT have a backup of the computer getting repaired as they will not boot sometimes. all I want is a copy of the drive so i can make changes to mbr or whatever it takes to see if i can get it to boot. IS THERE A WAY TO TURN OF GPT WHEN CLONING AN MBR to AN MBR DRIVE IN TRUEIMAGE 2012.
Seahwk1313,
I am afraid that you are cloning from within Windows. You should do the cloning from the recovery CD. Your computer will just be an expensive pipe between the source and the destination and I'd bet you wouldn't see the issue you are seeing.
"Seahwk"
Hello..A GPT HD has a partition that is not seen ( By most things)... So It could be that it is formatted as GPT.. Run "DISKPART" on the hard drive from an elevated command prompt and check ... You can use the "Clean" command, and then reformat as NTFS ... Regards Fred
An old thread but probably I may know the answer as I experienced the same thing.
Later I found this:
http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/ATIH2012/index.html#…
The target drive is "changed" to GPT automatically probably because the system is booted up from UEFI, not legacy BIOS.
Try get into bios before you start the system with the true image boot disc/USB, turn OFF UEFI (or select legacy BIOS as the only boot up option), the target drive cloned then should remain MBR.