Moving image between notebooks

I have two, similar notebooks, both Dell C610s (1.0MHz vs. 1.2MHz), but I am getting rid of one and want to move the exact setup on one to the other. I have already tried restoring my image on the new machine and it works, BUT, the old notebook has a 20GB drive and the new one has a 30GB drive. So I am left with an unallocated ~10GB, which I don't want!

If this was a desktop, I could use Disk Clone with both drives on one box, but it's not, soooooo . . . what are my options . . .

 

Fourfone,

Isn't there a setting during the restore process where you can make the "Free space after" equal zero? ie no more unallocated space.

 

Hi, fourfone

To reclaim the space:- #6

Take Care,
TheQuest

 

Given the migration has happped - If it works don't change it.

why not just resize the partition

Drive image or Acronis Disk manager can do this

 

Hello fourfone,

Thank you for choosing Acronis Disk Backup Software.

Please note that Acronis True Image 8.0 allows you to resize the partitions during the image restoration process. Please read more in chapter 5 of Acronis True Image 8.0 User's Guide.

You can also use a special partition management software such as Acronis Disk Director Suite 9.0 in order to add the unallocated space to any of your partitions or change your current partition layout.

Thank you.
--
Alexey Popov

 

Page 32.

The easiest approach would be to restore the image again.

 

Hello fourfone,

If the orginal hard drive contained more than one partition then to restore an image of a multi-partitioned drive to a different drive the image must contain the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the source drive. This ensures the new drive is bootable. To achieve this the whole drive needs to be selected by ticking the checkbox next to the drive number, both when creating the image and again when restoring it to the new drive. However, when this is done you are not given the option to resize the partitions to fill the larger drive. The answer is to carry out another restore of the same image but this time choose to restore each partition separately rather than ticking the whole disk checkbox. You will then be able resize the partition(s) to fill the available space by moving the partion boundaries accordingly.

If the original source drive consisted of only one partition then selecting the single partition will automatically also tick the drive checkbox. However, when you then restore the image to the new drive you will be able to just select the the single partition without it also selecting the drive checkbox. In this case you will be given the option to resize the partition to fill the available space.

Regards

 

Thanks, This is the info I was looking for. So if I select just the image partition, not the drive letter, I will see the option for resizing (which I did not see when I restored the image originally.) The manual (on page 32) is not clear as to under what conditions you can resize the partition (ie. what box to check/uncheck.)

 

Hi fourfone,

Yes, that's correct (at least that was the case the last time I tried it ).

Regards