Besides replacing the server NIC, I'd like to "knock this out" successfully in a reasonable amount of time.Ĭlick to expand.Well, think of it. The SSD arrives later this week, possibly early next week. In fact, I'd simply like to delete the 240GB volume before the cloning takes place.Īm I going to have problems with this? Somebody want to outline a step-by-step process before I begin? It would be very helpful to me. Keeping in mind that the SSD is only 60GB, my previous experience with Disk Director, Partition Magic and other programs suggests that I should be able to shrink logical volumes to fit.
Looking at the PDF user's guide online for True Image, it notes that I cannot clone a logical volume, but must clone the entire disk. I chose not to include the larger volume in my drive pool. It's formatted into a 60GB and a 240GB partition, the smaller being the system/boot volume. It was the smallest I could find in my arsenal at the time. The server box has a 300 GB WD "blue" drive as the boot disk. UPDATE w MORE PRESSING QUESTION TO THOSE WHO KNOW: I'm looking at the retail box for True Image 2014, and happy to see (a) it's a 3-PC license and (b) it works on WHS 2011 as well as Win 7. What am I missing? Or does any cloning feature of True Image miss something that Director has? But I like "fallback" solutions.ĭoes True Image contain the same cloning feature as Acronis Disk Director? Choices about which Win 7 computer to install True Image, or as a machine to move the Disk Director depends on the answer. So now I've cleaned up my WHS 2011 server and clients so I should be able to rely on the system backup feature of the server. Even though the blue drive is sort of low-end, I use these things for backup, and for something like $55, it was a good deal, too.
The Egg gave me a deal which bundled a WD blue 500GB HDD with the retail box/license for Acronis True Image 2014. I used it to make the self-booting CD for cloning, and it seems that this CD can be used on any system in the house, or that I don't need DD installed on my system to use the CD. I've had Disk Director installed on my system since it was built in 2011.