Macrium reflect reducing size of hdd

Discussion in 'backup, imaging & disk mgmt' started by chris ferguson, May 15, 2015.

  1. chris ferguson

    chris ferguson Registered Member

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    Hi, reflect worked perfectly ref image, but copied the hdd size, original 160gb to the new hdd, size 750gb, the remaining 590gb not available. Is there a way to image and retain full hdd size?
    thnx
    Chris
     
  2. TheRollbackFrog

    TheRollbackFrog Imaging Specialist

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    Chris, during the restore process (1st window, I believe), there's an option at the bottom of the screen called "Restored partition properties." In this option you can set the size of the restored partition to the minimum required (original size) or up to the available size of the TARGET disk (which is what I think you want).
     
  3. xxJackxx

    xxJackxx Registered Member

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    If you have already restored the image to a newer larger drive, you can go into Disk Management and right click on the volume you restored and click Extend Volume. Then you can resize it up to the available free space and create a new image from there that is the full HDD size. Unless I misunderstood what was asked, then disregard.
     
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