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| Thread ID: 110133 | 2010-06-04 21:40:00 | Fussy - win7 partitions | Nomad (952) | Press F1 |
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| 1106869 | 2010-06-04 21:40:00 | I forgot to partition at setup . Disk mgmt won't reduce the C: partition less than 200 odd GB . So, I got downloaded 30 day full func trial of Acronis True Image 2010 (compatible with W7 it says) . First, I put the backup file on the 2nd partition, boot the CD and restore it on the 1st partition etc . Won't boot . Followed Acronis's instructions online using the W7 CD for repair (command prompt) still won't work . Second, I put the backup file on the 2nd physical HD, 1st HD partitioned C and left the rest unallocated . This worked for an evening . Then for some reason it took >45min to do Windows Update when I shut down . I powered it off manually cos I was lying in bed for that time with the lights off . This morning it won't boot . :lol: Lesson learnt: have backups and do test scenarios . Maybe don't mess with Microsoft . Didn't lose any files . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1106870 | 2010-06-04 22:50:00 | Have tried Acronis 2010 and it doesn't impress me, previous versions, ver 10 and ver 11 are pretty good but they don't work in Win7 | bk T (215) | ||
| 1106871 | 2010-06-04 22:59:00 | I spent a week on this already . Spent 300MB of my 3GB data cap unnecessary . I may just do a W7 setup from scratch . I may also set up RAID 1 and if I choose not to I can take the 2nd HDD out, in the future if I want it again I can put it back in, at least it keeps my options . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1106872 | 2010-06-04 23:48:00 | Isn't this something to do with Vista and W7 creating partitions differently from XP (and presumably earlier Acronis versions)? See kb931760 . Perhaps create your partitions using XP or gparted, and then install W7 on them . |
rumpty (2863) | ||
| 1106873 | 2010-06-05 00:10:00 | Try Paragon Partition Manager free (www.paragon-software.com) - works fine in W7. Just as an experiment, on a windows 7 PC, took a 250 GB drive down to 127GB with out any problems, then created another partition could have gone smaller, but 127 seemed a good size :D booted straight into windows no worries. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1106874 | 2010-06-05 00:13:00 | Have tried Acronis 2010 and it doesn't impress me, previous versions, ver 10 and ver 11 are pretty good but they don't work in Win7 Version 10 works with Win 7... Been using it for a while... |
Cato (6936) | ||
| 1106875 | 2010-06-05 00:59:00 | Cheers all . Wainui the free version is 32bit only . I will just reinstall W7 and partition at setup to 100GB . I will also install hardware RAID 1 and keep my options open . If I need to call them for activation I'll have a chat with them :lol: :) |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1106876 | 2010-06-05 06:31:00 | Wainui the free version is 32bit only. Errrrrr you never mentioned 32 or 64 bit :p The Paid version is 64Bit (www.paragon-software.com) capable. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1106877 | 2010-06-05 06:32:00 | Cheers, I reinstalled everything. RAID 1, for the time being. I may pull one out for external :p Internet activiation went ok despite it was my 2nd time in a month. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1106878 | 2010-06-06 10:23:00 | I too omitted to partition my 1TB HDD when installing W7pro64 . Since ignorance is bliss (this was my first experience of W7), after installation I put the W7 drive into an eSATA caddy on an XP machine, imaged the main partition (I could also see the 100MB boot partition) with TrueImage11, deleted the main partition, created a smaller one, restored the image, and put the drive back in the W7 machine . It didn't boot, but an automatic repair with the W7 disc worked fine |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
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