How do I increase my partition size?

Hi, many thanks for the wonderful Acronis True Image Workstation 9.1!

I made a perfect clone of my 120GB drive onto my 500GB drive.

The problem is that on the 500GB drive, it sees itself as a 120GB drive. Is there any way I can make this drive see the rest of it's free space?

thanks

 

What I have found to be the easiest way to handle this is to create the bootable True Image cd, boot with it and choose Manage Acronis Secure Zone from its menu.
Create a SZ in the unallocated space - any size within the unallocated space will do.
Once the SZ is created go right back into the Manage Acronis SZ and delete the SZ you just created. You will be asked if you want to re-allocate all the space to the existing partition (or words to that effect). Choose yes, or ok (don't remember the actual option).

 

Many thanks, but is there an easier way or is this the only way?

 

That is the easiest way and only takes a few minutes to perform.
Another way is to re-do the whole cloning operation again but this time refer to the manual so that you can re-size as part of the cloning operation.
Using a third party disk management program, such as Partition Magic or Acronis Disk Director, would also do the job.

I have always used the SZ "now you see it now you don't" method as it is the quickest and is also least likely to error.


Xpilot

 

Well it's one of those things that take more time to explain it that it does to do it.

 

When I did my first clone (yesterday) I put a new 80GB IDE HD to clone to into my computer. When I rebooted it was not recognised, so using the BartPE resue CD and choosing 'True Image Home 10' I used the 'Manage Hard Drive' section.

It allowed me to add the new hard drive, add the partition of whatever size
I wanted and what format I wanted it in. After pulling out the plug on
completion of cloning, taking out the original HD and putting the cloned HD
to replace it, after a couple of reboots and cable changes a perfect result!

Job done, with a good program and good advice from the Forum members.

Next I'll try an Image.

 

You could get Acronis Disk Director Suite 10 - that's what it's all about.

 

Hello Subyne Simean,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Remote Workstation Disk Backup Software.

Please notice that it's possible to resize partitions to fit new hard drive during the cloning process. Please see chapter 13 "Transfering the system to a new disk" of the respective User's Guide for details.

Thank you.
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Marat Setdikov

 

You can also resize partitions whilst restoring an image rather than using the Secure Zone method after the event, or resizing during cloning:

- Prior to True Image 9.0 Build 3567
- True Image 9.0 Build 3567 and later

Regards

 

My preferred method (except for a Secure Zone) is Partition Commander. Using it is a no brainer, with no loss of data. So it works well for me.