I just purchased a SATA3 128 GB solid-state drive and have been trying to use Acronis TrueImage to transfer my current partitions and I must say without ease. Needing to run start-up repairs after the data has been transferred to new drive but they are not solving the problem. Is there an easier program or should I say more failsafe as I have previously had no problems with Acronis TrueImage but this is the first time I have tried to restore partitions to a smaller disk even though the 128 GB is still larger than my data. I guess this is not much information but at this point I'm fairly frustrated and looking for an easier way without having to do a clean install. Cheers
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom-built
OS
Windows 7 64bit Ultimate
CPU
Core i7 870 OC 4Ghz
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4 P55 DDR3
Memory
Kingston 8G(2x2G)2000Mhz PC16000 DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire ATI HD4350 512M DDR2 VGA DVI HDMI LP Silent Heatsin
Sound Card
on-board
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus VK222U
Hard Drives
WD 1TB SATAII HDD 64M Cache Green Power/
WD 1TB SATAII HDD 64M Cache Green Power External esata Backup
PSU
Corsair HX-620
Case
NZXT Hush
Cooling
2 120mm case fans/Noctua NH-U12P Special Edition SE2
Keyboard
Cherry silent keyboard
Mouse
Logitech Marble man mouse wheel
Internet Speed
8.2Mbps/.86Mbps
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Logitech Z-2300 THX 2.1 Speakers System/Quickcam Pro 9000
acronis has often been painfully slow for me, but I have never experienced the kind of problem you are apparently having with it.
There is an enormous amount of apps out there for this though.
My suggestion is you move to a partition clone app.
Very similar to what you are using with trueimage, but a bit simpler / less to go wrong.
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Insane hobo technologies. ;-)
OS
Windows 7 x64
CPU
Intel i7 2600k
Motherboard
Asrock z68 extreme 4 gen 3
Memory
G.skill Ripjaw 16gigs @ 1866
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia gtx580 (evga)
Sound Card
Integrated HD audio + hdmi
Monitor(s) Displays
24" ASUS widescreen + 42" insignia
Screen Resolution
1080p (1920x1080)
Hard Drives
128 Samsung 830
256 Samsung 840
3 x 1tb storage drive (various)
1 western digital 1tb (eSATA)
1 Seagate 1tb (eSATA)
Don't really know what to say? As I have found quite often with computer problems I woke up the next day and did exactly the same thing with no issues whatsoever, thanks for the assistance anyway.
My Computer
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom-built
OS
Windows 7 64bit Ultimate
CPU
Core i7 870 OC 4Ghz
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD4 P55 DDR3
Memory
Kingston 8G(2x2G)2000Mhz PC16000 DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire ATI HD4350 512M DDR2 VGA DVI HDMI LP Silent Heatsin
Sound Card
on-board
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus VK222U
Hard Drives
WD 1TB SATAII HDD 64M Cache Green Power/
WD 1TB SATAII HDD 64M Cache Green Power External esata Backup
PSU
Corsair HX-620
Case
NZXT Hush
Cooling
2 120mm case fans/Noctua NH-U12P Special Edition SE2
Keyboard
Cherry silent keyboard
Mouse
Logitech Marble man mouse wheel
Internet Speed
8.2Mbps/.86Mbps
Other Info
Logitech Z-2300 THX 2.1 Speakers System/Quickcam Pro 9000
The only problem with cloning or imaging is alignment on the SSD. Although not free ($19.95), Paragon Migrate will transfer the OS, format and align the SSD. I have used it numerous times and it has never failed.
