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It is possible to restore a disk or volume image to a larger or smaller hard drive with automatic or manual resize

This article applies to:

• All Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Editions

Introduction

When you transfer a system to a hard drive that is larger or smaller than the original one, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 allows you to create a new partition layout to fit the hard disk of a larger or smaller size.

Solution

Resizing all partitions of a disk proportionally during restore

(!) This can be done only with a backup of an entire hard disk.

1. Create a backup of an entire hard disk that you want to restore to a larger or smaller one;
2. Boot the computer with the new hard disk from Acronis Bootable Media;
3. Restore the disk image;
4. All the partitions will be restored proportionally to fit in the new hard drive automatically.

Resizing all or separate partitions manually during restore

1. Create a backup of entire hard disk or some partitions that you want to restore to a larger or smaller hard disk or partitions;
2. Boot the computer with the new hard disk from Acronis Bootable Media if there is no operating system on the machine or run the product in the operating system;
3. Click Recover:

   

4. Pick a backup archive with a disk or separate partitions. Make sure the Data type is set to Volumes:

   

5. In the Where to recover field click Change:

   

6. Expand the partitions of the disk:

   

7. Select the partition to which you would like to restore the volume from the archive:

   

8. Click OK. Then click Change next to the restore destination:

   

9. On the Volume Parameters specify the size of the volume to restore:

   

   Now proceed with the recovery. The partition will be restored with the specified size. If the size of the recovered partition is smaller than the one of the target, the rest of the space will become unallocated.

More information

See also:

• Acronis True Image: Resizing Partitions during Restore to Larger/Smaller Hard Drive
• Restoring to Dissimilar Hardware with Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Universal Restore