ATI Hangs when trying to clone ?

Just been trying to clone from the old hd to the new
one, and acronis 10 is just hanging - not sure how long
it should take - It's cloning 74Gb from one sata hd to the
other sata 250Gb - I waited 15 minutes and nothing happened ?

It got to the bit, where you select automatic or manual and I
selected one of them and clicked next and it just did -
nothing ? Not even a "please wait a moment . . . . . .
. "

Any help very much appreciated.

Chris.

On Win Xp Pro

 

What version and build of TI are you running?

 

Sorry Tom, I've been getting so desperate over this, I forgot to mention that. It's Acronis True Image Home version 10.0 (build 4,940).

Any help very much appreciated.

Chris.

 

Update to the latest build 4942, I think is the latest. Then try again. Are you running from Windows or the boot CD? If you are trying in Windows then try with the bootable rescue CD. Tell us more details about your system. Also do a forum search. There are lots of threads about cloning.

 

I have the latest version.

Been looking over other threads in these forums, in the hope of seeing a solution and came across Rod's post on the link below, where he gave the details of cloning from the CD :

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=171717

Ok, well, I tried that and I got a bit further - this time, instead of hanging, it said that there was disk errors, I did ignore all, and nothing happenned for a few minutes and then the pc restarted and just took me back to the boot cd start up screen again.

Not sure what system specs you need, but I'm on 1Gb Ram.

If anyone could lend a hand that would be great.

Chris.

 

Run chkdsk /r on the disk your trying to clone.

 

Thanks Tom - not too sure how to do that - is it done thru dos ?

 

Click Start--->Run. In the Run Box type "cmd"(no quotes). When the command prompt window opens. Type chkdsk X: /r where X: is the drive your trying to clone. Most likely your C: drive. Then restart the computer so chkdsk can run.

 

I have the primary drive set up in 4 partitions - do I need to do that on all 4 individually, or can I do them all in one go ?

What does chkdsk X: /r actually do please ?

Chris.

 

chkdsk.exe /R must be run individually on each partition since there is no option to run once on all. This program will check your disk for errors. If you have a choice, it is best to run this from the Recovery Console.

Running XP Professional. More info can be gained from the XP Help/support file.

 

Many thanks for all the help on this - it's definitely appreciated.

Ok, now done the chkdsk on all of the partitions and there's no bad sectors in any of them - what's next please ?

Chris.

 

Is this a desktop or notebook and/or a Dell?

Is there any hidden or diagnostic partitions involved?

 

How To Upgrade A Hard Disk Drive — Without Crashing The System

http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/company/inpress/2005/02-28-en-smallbizpipeline-trueimage.html

 

Hello Chris,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software.

We are sorry for the delayed response.

Please create Acronis Report as it is described in Acronis Help Post. This would provide us with detailed information on the hard disk partition structure.

In addition, please create Windows System Information the way described in the above post.

Please also clarify what exactly error messages you have received? When exactly have you received them?

Then submit a request for technical support. Attach all the collected files and information to your request along with the step-by-step description of the actions taken before the problem appears and the link to this thread. We will investigate the problem and try to provide you with a solution.

Thank you.
--
Aleksandr Isakov

 

It's a desktop, and isn't a dell.

How would I find out please ?

Chris.

 

Many thanks for coming in on this Aleksandr - I'm getting desperate for a solution to this problem.

I purchase the ATI vers 10, in the hope that it was going to help me.

I will look through the link you posted, but in the meantime, here's whats happening so far.

Every time, I click on clone mode, it then asks if I want automatic or manual, and it doesn't matter which one I choose, it just hangs and then sometimes tells me that :

Failed to read from the sector - 2,034,600,784 of the hard disk 1, I click ignore, and then it says Failed to read from the sector - 2,034,600,896 of the hard disk 1, I then click ignore, and get another similar message about another part of the hard drive - so I then click ignore all, and then it just hangs again, and sometimes it starts back up again loading up, and then it says ohci1394_0 Error in reception of self ID packets.

I did all of the chkdsk's and had no errors, I also did Western Digitals Diagnostics, and again had no errors.

Any help really appreciated.

Chris.

 

Hi Aleksandr,

Have just pm'd you, in connection with the report.

Chris.

 

You can view your disk and all its partitions via the XP Disk Management tool.

Start / run diskmgmt.msc ( and press enter)
or
%windir%\system32\diskmgmt.msc

 

Many thanks GroverH, results on the link below :

http://www.010805.com/acronis-1.jpg (If the text in the image is too small to read, just click once on the image to enlarge it).

Does everything look ok to you please ?

As you can see, I'm running out of space on the files partition.

Another mysterious thing, is the part at the top, giving 1100 Gb on a 74 GB hard drive ? ?

Any help much appreciated.

Chris.

 

Did you get the pm ?

 

Hello Chris,

Yes, I have received you PM.

Please follow the instruction provided in me previous post and submit a request for technical support. At this point, it would be much easier to resolve the issue through e-mail, because the process usually involves you sending certain reports, logs, etc. Attach all the collected files and information to your request along with the link to this thread. We will investigate the problem and try to provide you with a solution.

Thank you.
--
Aleksandr Isakov

 

Your image shows some corrections needed regarding your un-allocated space.

Using Disk Management, have you tried assigning any of this space to other drives? Or have you tried deleting the space?

Perhaps the other members mistakenly bypassed your question regarding your partitions.

 

The image above and quote below appears to be your new 250G drive except space not properly allocated.

Your secure zone has backup file inside. Can you create another backup and store the files elsewhere so you can use Acronis to Delete the Secure Zone and use Acronis to assign the space to whatever drive is needing it. Also try using the DiskManagement and assign the 110GB to another drive?

A program such as Partition Magic or Acronis Disk Director may be needed to achieve your expansion.

There has been several postings on expanding partition size during cloning and also via imagiing.