Cloning to a SSD
I am using a trial version of Acronis True Image 2014 and I am trying clone my multi-partition hard disk to a smaller SSD disk. I see that the trial version has the disk cloning feature disabled and am contemplating on buying a regular version. I want to make sure that the software would work for my application.
Here are the details of my source disk:
1 TB GPT partition style with following multiple partitions:
500 MB FAT32 EFI system
40 MB FAT32 OEM Partition
490 MB NTFS recovery partition
917.44 GB NTFS partition running Windows 8.1. Used space is 85 GB
350 MB NTFS recovery partition
12.60 GB NTFS recovery partition
Destination drive is a Scandisk SSD with 238 GB capacity.
The data in source drive should fit in the destination drive and cloning should copy over all the partitions with the data. After the disk cloning, I want to replace the source drive with the destination drive (and be able to boot from it).
Would the Acronis True Image 2014 accomplish this ? Is there a link to the steps I should follow in order to do it ?
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I went ahead and bought a copy of True Image 2014 and I followed each of the the instructions from the link http://forum.acronis.com/forum/38522#comment-120956 that you had provided.
Recovery of each of the partitions was success, as reported by the recovery utility of the Acronis recovery CD.
When I restart and boot to windows, I am getting the following error message:
"Your PC needs to be repaired. A required drive is not connected or can not be accessed.
Error code: 0xC0000225"
Am I missing anything ?
I tried disabling the secure boot in BIOS and also tried changing the boot mode from UEFI to Legacy. It did not help.
Do you want me to try the clone option ? Any specific instructions to go with that ?
Thanks again
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i am not sure this helps, and i must add that i am also new to ssd stuff;
but windows boot info is different for ssds and usual hdds. (i also noticed that my "reserved for system" partition was 100 MB for my HDD 'and 200 for my older HDD' but it is 300 MB for my SSD) this may be the cause of your problem. it is probably not going to help but did/can you try to "repair" it with a windows installation disk? "required drive" may refer to the "reserved for system" part.
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@Yenbee,
Can you post a screenshot of the Windows Disk Management Console? Before you capture it, go to the view menu, choose view, top, disk list.
It looks like the boot records have not been backedup and/or restored properly maybe because pf some hidden partition, or because you restored a GPT disk on a MBR disk or vice versa.
Is your original disk MBR or GPT? What about the SSD?
Do you get this message after you see Windows kicking in? or before?
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Attaching the file diskpartition.jpg.
Its a GPT disk in both cases - source and destination. For the destination disk, I did choose new disk and initialized the disk to GPT as per the details in the link.
The message is much before the windows message shows up. Looks like it can not access the drive.
>> it is probably not going to help but did/can you try to "repair" it with a windows installation disk?
>> "required drive" may refer to the "reserved for system" part.
I do not have the windows installation disk as the new systems (Dell XPS 8700 in this case) don't ship with one. They just come with the recovery drive. Also, I have a whole bunch of updates on top (upgraded to Windows 8.1 from 8.0) and also a few softwares installed.
Thanks again for the responses.
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Your MBR (master boot record) has been corrupted. Do a. knowledge base search on microsofts support site for repair instructions.
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It has been mentioned here before that TI changes the order of the partitions on cloned GPT drives. That may be part of your problem.
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YenBee,
If you changed settings like UEFI or secure boot, make sure you put them back to where they were before restarting.
It looks like your boot records do not match the new layout of the partitions, probably because the size and location of some hidden partition(s) have changed necessarily and the location.
You won't be able to fix this without a Windows installation CD. Can you create one from your old installation?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/create-usb-recovery-drive
You could also use a tool from the Web to find your Windows product ID, take not of it.
http://superuser.com/questions/509773/how-to-find-windows-8-oem-product…
You would then download a new version of Windows 8 and create a USB flash drive installation drive, boot on it and repair from there.
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I'm having the same exact problem and using ATI 2014.
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Having similar issue with TI 2016. Purchased SSD last month just decided to upgrade to 2016 yesterday so that I could clone my windows 10 drive. It appears to do it but when I try to boot to it I get "attempting to repair hard drive" and stays that way for ages until I force a shutdown. I have tried disabling UEFI and booting in legacy only mode. I have tried using my windows 10 install disk but only get "could not repair hard drive' I have tried bootrec /fixmbr bootrec /fixboot bootrec /rebuildbcd and none have worked so now I am here, hoping to find a solution.
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