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Backup Data for SSD & Windows 8 compability

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I have the 750GB HDD and I want to buy for 120GB SSD
So, is my Acronis True Image 2010 can help me to backup all data (include my Windows) to the SSD? Can show me the steps?

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If I'm upgrade to Windows 8, is it means I cannot use True Image 2010 again?
and the backup image are useless? (due to Windows 8 not recognize the file)
hmm.. is there any solution..? :(

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TO your second question, it is possible that 2010 runs on Windows8. If you recovery CD works on your current computer and you upgrade to Win8 on that computer, you will be able to backup and restore at least with the recovery CD.

Here are the steps to recover on an SSD with 2010:

- Use Windows disk management to verify that the active partition is on the system disk (right click on the computer icon on your desktop, choose manage, storage, disk management)

- Print a screen shot of the disk management console for future reference

- Uninstall any program you don't want on the SSD (eg: games, ). You can leave content and move it later out of the SSD.

- Do a full backup of your current disk. Include all partitions, even the hidden ones (no need to use the sector by sector setting)

- Put your SSD at the same spot at your current disk. Remove your current disk from the computer for the time being.

- Boot on the Windows installation DVD, choose install, repair computer, launch a command prompt

- Using diskpart, clean your disk

- Using diskpart, create partitions that match the partitions you have of the screen shot with the following additional rules:
(a) for the first partition (maybe system reserved?) , create an offset of 1MB, and a size that is a whole number of MB (1024bytes),
(b) for the following partitions, choose a size that is a whole number of MB.

- No need to format the partitions,

- Boot your computer on the Acronis recovery CD,

- Restore each partition at a time in the same order they were laid out (use your screen shot).

- Mark the correct partition active (maybe system reserved?)

- Leave the drive letter change option alone

- No need to reboot inbetween partition restores

- After the last partition, restore the MBR+track0 and the disk signature

That's it.

Reboot on your new SSD alone first.

Then, after the first successful reboot, if you want to use your old disk, put it back in the computer, reboot. Delete whatever you want, etc.

You have some tweaks to optimize your SSD:
- disable automatic defragmentation of that disk
- optionally, disable indexing on the disk (not a big deal)
- disable the superfetch service, and prefetch
- leave the page file on the SSD
- verify that TRIM is activated http://www.ghacks.net/2010/09/14/verify-that-trim-is-enabled-in-windows…