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Trying to replace my current OS drive with a new one

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I have Acronis True Image Home 2012 build 6131.

What I'm trying to do is simply to copy my current OS drive (a 200 GB partition of a 2 TB disk) onto a new Seagate 1 TB disk. I thought I should be able to simply clone the partition but it won't recognize the new drive as a destination...

First I created a backup of my OS drive using bootable media. Then I did the Add New Disk function on the new drive. Then I restored the backup to the new drive and swapped the boot drive in the BIOS. The PC wouldn't boot.

Some investigation has found that the new drive has been set up with 16 tracks per cylinder (s/b 255) and it claims to have 287,620,812,873,626 cylinders... Going back into Acronis to try and add the disk again it says: "You will not be able to use the entire disk space because your host operating system does not support GPT partitioning scheme. 787619.00 TB will remain unpartitioned." Needless to say, I don't recall buying an exabyte drive...

We're trying to get our year end work finished and I need to get this up and working soon (like NOW). Apparently, this forum is the only support option left since my "support package" expired a few days ago unless I pay (really???).

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Craig

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Is there not a hidden partition for vista or w7 system? A hidden partition from the pc manufacturer for recovery?

Check out the user guide regarding recovery with hidden partitions to a diff size drive:

http://www.acronis.com/support/documentation/

Also note that drive letter assignment won't be the same while in recovery so go by volume labels, disk size, etc instead fo drive letter.

It looks like your disk has been set up as a GPT disk, and not an MBR disk. GPT disks are not supported by ATI 2011, unless you have bought the Acronis Plus Pack.

You can boot your computer on the Windows installation DVD, install, repair, command prompt:
- diskpart
- list disk
- select disk X where X is the number of your new disk,
- detail disk
- for each volume i listed, do select volume i, delete volume
- convert mbr

You will now have an MBR disk that should be supported by ATI without the Plus Pack

http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/GPT-disk-partition-manager/conve…

Thanks for the ideas, however the issue turned out to be with the motherboard. Something with the disk controllers or connectors has gone bad. A switch to a slightly older box and things appear to be working correctly.