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true image 2013, ssd alignment, xp

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I want to upgrade my Panasonic Toughbook CF-18 40Gb IDE HD with a 128Gb PATA SSD.

OS: XP Pro SP3
File System: NTFS
HDD: Hitachi HTS424040M9AT00 IDE 40GB 4200rpm
SSD: Transcend TS128GPSD320 PATA 128GB
Acronis True Image 2013 or Transcend SSD Scope cloning software

GOAL: Reduce the 6 minute boot time of the Toughbook

I bought Acronis True Image 2013 and an external HD case w/ USB interface for SSD. I read the True Image user manual paying particular attention to the sections concerning SSDs. The user manual states “The recommended offset for Solid State Drives (SSD) is a multiple of 64 KB (most commonly, 1024KB or 2048 sectors).”.

TRANSCEND STATES THE OFFSET FOR THIS DRIVE IS 512KB SINCE THE NAND FLASH CHIP COMES WITH 4096 BLOCKS.

True Image indicated that cloning to a ssd would automatically set the offset to 1024 KB (2048 sectors). So I used Clone disk under Tools and utilities. I used the Automatic settings. I did nothing (formatting, partitioning) to the SSD before cloning. After cloning, I was able to boot with the SSD but when I "list partitions" under command prompt, it shows that the SSD has a 32Kb offset.

Do I have to do something before I re-clone the disk to set the offset to 512KB?

thanks in advance

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From what I have been able to find out, first make an image of your working drive to a seperate drive. Shut down computer.
Then remove the original drive, and put the new drive in its place.
Then boot up with Acronis rescue disk and copy image to the new drive.
Supposedly, offsets and alignment will be the same as the original disk.

If you try this, let me know, as i'm going to need to do the same thing in about a week.

Ghosrider

Follow this method to ensure everything goes smoothly:
http://forum.acronis.com/forum/38522#comment-120956