Acronis from HDD to SDD Help

[d2thez28]

My plan is to use Acronis True Image to backup and image of my HDD and then restore it to the new SSD. IN doing so, is Acronis smart enough to align the sectors and all of that correctly so I get top performance on my SSD?

 

[Elixer]

Yes, assuming you are using a version of TI that isn't too old.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Elixer is spot-on. Others may have more specific knowledge about dated versions. I can guarantee that Acronis Disk Director Home 11 Update 2 and Acronis True-Image 2014 both assure proper SSD alignment.

Don't know why you want to introduce an extra step of imaging the hard drive. Maybe I don't understand completely. But you could just clone the HDD to the SSD.

 

[DarkWarrior2]

If your version of Acronis TrueImage is recent enough, it definitely should.

The free edition of Macrium Reflect does this. Used it myself for the same purpose, except I did a direct disk to disk copy.

Good luck!

 

[Z15CAM]

In my opinion Acronis and Macrium are Bloated GUI CRAP - Just learn how to Boot the Win Installation Disk and use MS Diskpart to prepare and Partition your SSD with Alignment Off-Set Commands and DOS Boot a 1.32 MB App named Ghost.exe.

Be warned that if you are changing out Multiple Hardware, such as a Main Board or transferring your OS to another Platform, you require a MS SYS-Prep image, irregardless of the Backup Utility you use.

 

[pcgeek11]

Just learn how to Boot the Win Installation Disk and use MS Diskpart to prepare and Partition your SSD with Alignment Off-Set Commands and DOS Boot a 1.32 MB App named Ghost.exe.

IMO just a lot of unneeded BS to deal with. Just use Acronis or Macrium Reflect and not worry about it.

Be warned that if you are changing out Multiple Hardware, such as a Main Board or transferring your OS to another Platform, you require a MS SYS-Prep image, irregardless of the Backup Utility you use.

No, This blanket statement is not true. Maybe back before Windows 7 more so. Since Windows 7 I have moved numerous systems with no issues whatsoever not using a MS Sys-Prep Image. It could and I'm sure does sometimes bite you, but I haven't seen an issue yet.

 

[Charlie98]

In my opinion Acronis... [is] Bloated GUI CRAP - Just learn how to Boot the Win Installation Disk and use MS Diskpart to prepare and Partition your SSD with Alignment Off-Set Commands and DOS Boot a 1.32 MB App named Ghost.exe.

Be warned that if you are changing out Multiple Hardware, such as a Main Board or transferring your OS to another Platform, you require a MS SYS-Prep image, irregardless of the Backup Utility you use.

Yes, but it works pretty well for we unwashed tech-savvy PC users. Additionally, it has a number of utilities that work well, and, of course, being able to make backup images of your drive.

 

[schmuckley]

Acronis works pretty good.

 

[Elixer]

Yes, but it works pretty well for we unwashed tech-savvy PC users. Additionally, it has a number of utilities that work well, and, of course, being able to make backup images of your drive.

All backup programs can make images of your drive.
Ghost was good, but, it hasn't been updated in years, so you need more work to get the same thing done by using Acronis / Reflect / or whatever else.
In fact, you can't use ghost by itself to clone a SSD, you need more utilities to fix it.

 

[d2thez28]

I may just clone but wasn't sure if Acronis would do it that way either. I will be using True Image 2014 Home with the latest boot media.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I may just clone but wasn't sure if Acronis would do it that way either. I will be using True Image 2014 Home with the latest boot media.

Have you made your bootable Acronis yet? I'm guessing you're going to use something "better" than an optical disc.

Once you've created the bootable Acronis, you should be able to use it on any machine for which a clone is needed. I had better luck with the Linux-based option.

With TI'14, you can also clone within a Windows session, but I prefer to work outside the OS.

 

[dfgy]

My plan is to use Acronis True Image to backup and image of my HDD and then restore it to the new SSD. IN doing so, is Acronis smart enough to align the sectors and all of that correctly so I get top performance on my SSD?

do you plan to upgrade you present hard disk to SSD? if you like to do this, maybe there is no need for you to backup HDD first and then restore it to SSD.
actually, you can clone hard disk to SSD with AOMEI partition Assistant (free version) without reintalling. furthermore, this software allows you to align partition during clone when the destination disk is SSD.
more information:
http://www.disk-partition.com

 

[BonzaiDuck]

do you plan to upgrade you present hard disk to SSD? if you like to do this, maybe there is no need for you to backup HDD first and then restore it to SSD.
actually, you can clone hard disk to SSD with AOMEI partition Assistant (free version) without reintalling. furthermore, this software allows you to align partition during clone when the destination disk is SSD.
more information:
http://www.disk-partition.com

Free is "nice," but I think he's already got Acronis. He won't need to even think about partition alignment if he clones the HDD to SSD.

 

[d2thez28]

Yes I already have Acronis. And on the account page portion of their website I can download the bootable Linux media and burn it to optical. So that is my plan.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Yes I already have Acronis. And on the account page portion of their website I can download the bootable Linux media and burn it to optical. So that is my plan.

Well - I like your style there, d2thez28! You don't hurry!

About the only pitfalls you could wander into involve the BIOS SATA mode. If the source drive is boot drive, it could be configured as "RAID-mode" or "AHCI-mode." Whichever mode is configured, make sure the SSD target is similarly configured. If you're going to switch from RAID to AHCI or vice versa, there are "Fix-it" pages at M$ that eliminate the tedium of making two or three changes to the registry.

So under those cautions, I'd clone the drive first, test that the SSD boots (and it will -- no doubt), and then fiddle with anything else in the SATA configuration after. Or -- the reverse, I'd suppose. You just want to be sure you clone a bootable system to a drive configured to boot the same way.

Chances are . . . you don't need to consider this sort of thing, or you'd likely figure out the status-quo in a new-York minute . . .

 

[Meghan54]

Be warned that if you are changing out Multiple Hardware, such as a Main Board or transferring your OS to another Platform, you require a MS SYS-Prep image, irregardless of the Backup Utility you use.

That's so wrong it's almost funny.

Guess I've been very, very lucky to do exactly what you describe without using Sys-Prep...ever...and have never had a problem, outside reloading platform specific drivers.