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(though this is not always possible, e.g. the old drive may be an IDE and the new drive may be a

SATA). In any case, install the new drive to where it will be used.

9.2.1 Recovering a disk without a hidden partition

At first let's consider recovery of a system disk containing two partitions (none of them hidden) using

a disk backup. In addition, we assume that the system disk does not contain a recovery partition

which may not be hidden. If the disk contains, for example, three partitions, the procedure will be

similar. We will describe recovery using the rescue media (as this approach usually gives the best

recovery results).

Attach the external drive if it contains the backup archive to be used for recovery and make sure that the drive is

powered on. This must be done before booting from Acronis rescue media.

1. Arrange the boot sequence in BIOS so as to make your rescue media device (CD, DVD or USB

stick) the first boot device. See Arranging boot sequence in BIOS (p. 91).

2. Boot from the rescue media and select Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup (Full version).

3. Select Recovery → Disk and Partition Recovery in the main menu, then choose the image

backup of your system disk that you want to use for recovery.

If the disks have different disk letters in Windows and the recovery environment, the program

will display the following error message: "Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup cannot detect

volume N of "Name" archive", where Name is the name of the required image backup archive

and volume number (N) may be different depending on the number of backups in the archive.

Click Browse and show the path to the archive.

4. Select Recover whole disks and partitions at the Recovery method step.

5. At the What to recover step select the boxes of the partitions to be recovered. Do not select the

MBR and Track 0 box, as this will result in selecting the entire disk for recovery. Recovering the

entire disk does not allow you to resize partitions manually. If necessary, you can recover the

MBR later. Select the partitions and click Next.

Selecting partitions leads to appearance of the relevant steps "Settings of partition ...". Take note

that these steps are in ascending partition drive letter order and that this order cannot be

changed. The order may differ from the physical order of the partitions on the hard disk. In the

case being considered (no hidden or recovery partitions), the physical order of the partitions on

the new disk does not have special importance as Acronis True Image OEM Quick Backup

automatically fixes the appropriate Windows loader files.

Incidentally, this step allows you to find out whether the disk you are going to recover contains a

hidden partition. Hidden partitions do not have disk letters and they go first in the "Settings of

partition ..." steps. If you find a hidden partition, see Recovering a disk with a hidden partition.

6. You can specify the following partition settings: location, type, and size. Most likely you will first

specify the settings of the system partition as it usually has the letter C. Because you are

recovering to the new disk, click New location. Select the destination disk by either its assigned

name or capacity.

If you have not assigned names to the disks and have any doubts when selecting the destination

disk, you may abort the recovery by clicking Cancel and try to identify the target disk by its model

number, interface, etc.

7. Clicking Accept will return you to the "Settings of partition ..." screen. Check the partition type

and change it, if necessary. You should remember that the system partition must be primary and

marked as active.

8. Proceed to specifying the partition size by clicking Change default in the Partition size area. By

default the partition will occupy the entire new disk. You can resize and relocate the partition by