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Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Installation and operation
- General program information
- Creating a partition (disk) image
- Restoring a disk (partition) from an image
- Selecting an image to restore from
- Checking image integrity before restoration
- Selecting a partition to restore
- Selecting a location to restore to
- Selecting partition type
- Selecting a file system
- Selecting restored partition size
- Assigning a letter to a partition
- Checking file system integrity
- Restoring several partitions at once
- Restoration script
- Browsing and restoring individual files
- Transferring the system to a new disk
- Adding a new hard disk
- Scheduled tasks
- Other operations
- Troubleshooting
Transferring the system to a new disk
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If you elect to transfer information "as is," a new partition will be created for every
old one with the same size and type, file system and label. The unused space will
become unallocated. Further, you will be able to use the unallocated space to create
new partitions or to enlarge the existing partitions with special tools, such as
Acronis Partition Expert.
As a rule, "as is" transfers are inexpedient, as they leave much unallocated space on
the new disk.
If you transfer data proportionally, each partition will be enlarged, according to the
proportion of the old and new disk capacities.
Using the "as is" method, Acronis True Image also transfers unsupported and
damaged file systems.
FAT16 partitions are enlarged less than others, as they have the 4 GB size limit.
Depending on the selected combination, you will proceed to either the old disk
partitioning window, or the disk partition layout window (see below).
Partitioning the old disk
If you selected Create a new partition layout earlier in the process, it is now
time to repartition your old disk.
During this step, you will see the current disk partition layout. Initially, the disk has
unallocated space only. This will change when you create new partitions.