Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
Acronis Migrate Easy 7.0
User's Guide
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End-user license agreement
END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
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Table of contents
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................5
1.1 What is Acronis Migrate Easy? ................................................................................. 5 Upgrade Your Hard Disk Drive in Minutes!............................................................................ 5 Upgrading Has Never Been Easier or Safer! .......................................................................... 5 Acronis Migrate Easy key features: ...................................................................................... 5 Navigating the Guide .......................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Software usage terms and conditions ....................................................................... 6 1.3 Technical Support ................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 1. INSTALLATION AND OPERATION ........................................................7
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 A.1 A.1.1 A.1.2 A.1.3 A.2 A.2.1 A.2.2 A.2.3 A.2.4 A.2.5 B.1 B.2 B.2.1 B.2.2 B.2.3 B.2.4 B.2.5 B.2.6 Bundle contents...................................................................................................... 7 System requirements .............................................................................................. 7 Acronis Migrate Easy installation .............................................................................. 7 Running Acronis Migrate Easy .................................................................................. 8 Removing the program............................................................................................ 8 Main program window............................................................................................. 9 General information .............................................................................................. 11 Security ............................................................................................................... 12 Executing transfers ............................................................................................... 12 Cloning with manual partitioning ............................................................................ 19 Selecting a hard disk............................................................................................. 21 Creating a new partition ........................................................................................ 22 Selecting the file system type ................................................................................ 22 Selecting the partition type.................................................................................... 22 Disk add script...................................................................................................... 23 Installing hard disks in computers .......................................................................... 25 Installing a hard disk, general scheme.................................................................... 25 Motherboard sockets, IDE cable, power cable ......................................................... 26 Installation modes, jumpers................................................................................... 27 BIOS ................................................................................................................... 28 Setup utility ......................................................................................................... 28 Standard CMOS setup menu .................................................................................. 28 Arranging boot sequence, advanced CMOS setup menu ........................................... 30 AwardBIOS .......................................................................................................... 31 Hard disk initialization errors.................................................................................. 35 Hard disk partitions............................................................................................... 36 File systems ......................................................................................................... 36 FAT16.................................................................................................................. 37 FAT32.................................................................................................................. 37 NTFS ................................................................................................................... 37 Linux Ext2............................................................................................................ 38 Linux Ext3............................................................................................................ 38 Linux ReiserFS...................................................................................................... 38
CHAPTER 2. GENERAL PROGRAM INFORMATION....................................................9 CHAPTER 3. TRANSFERRING THE SYSTEM TO A NEW DISK ..................................11
CHAPTER 4. ADDING A NEW HARD DISK...............................................................21
APPENDIX A. HARD DISKS AND BIOS SETUP ........................................................25
APPENDIX B. PARTITIONS AND FILE SYSTEMS.....................................................36
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Introduction
Introduction
1.1 What is Acronis Migrate Easy?
Upgrade Your Hard Disk Drive in Minutes! It's finally time. You've put it off as long as possible, but it's now time to upgrade to a new hard disk drive. And if you're like most users, you're not excited, you're scared. You think you're in for a large project spanning several days of tedious work. Luckily for you, there's Acronis Migrate Easy, an award-winning solution that migrates all your computer data to a new hard disk drive in minutes, and keeps all operating systems and applications fully functional just the way you had them. Why take days upgrading when you can use Acronis Migrate Easy and be finished in minutes? Upgrading Has Never Been Easier or Safer! And with Acronis Migrate Easy, you don't have to be a computer whiz to upgrade to a new hard disk drive. Simply make a few choices when prompted, and Acronis Migrate Easy will take care of everything else automatically. It will even show you a preview of the migration so you are sure to migrate exactly what you intend to. Within minutes, your data, including applications and operating systems, will be safely on your new hard disk drive and ready to go! Acronis Migrate Easy key features: Clone an old hard disk drive to a new one Automatic and manual hard disk upgrade modes Install new hard disk drive as a boot disk or as an additional storage device Redeploy old hard disk Resize transferred partitions to match new hard disk size Securely clean and wipe old hard disk Navigating the Guide This user's guide contains the following main chapters: Chapter 1 «Installation and operation» -- contains detailed information about the installation and running Acronis Migrate Easy. Chapter 2 «General program information»-- describes components parts of the software and user's interface. Chapter 3 «Transferring the system to a new disk» - describes process of transferring of system on a new hard disk by cloning of an old disk
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Chapter 4 «Adding a new hard disk» - describes how to add a new disk only to store data, leaving the system on the old disk. Appendix A «Hard disks and BIOS setup» - provide you with extra information on the hard disk organization, how information is stored on disks, how disks should be installed in the computer and plugged into the motherboard, configuring disks with BIOS, partitions and file systems, and how operating systems interact with disks. Appendix B «Partitions and file systems» - contains general information on disk partitioning and main file systems types.
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Software usage terms and conditions
The conditions for Acronis Migrate Easy software usage are described in the «License Agreement» included with this package. The supplied registration card is the confirmation of your legal purchase and usage of Acronis Migrate Easy on your system. Each registration card has a unique registration number. Under current legislation, the «License Agreement» is considered a contract between you and Acronis Inc. The contract is a legal document and its violation may result in legal action. Illegal use and/or distribution of this software will be prosecuted.
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Technical Support
Users of legally purchased copies of Acronis Migrate Easy are entitled to free e-mail technical support from Acronis. If you have installation or working problems that you can't solve by yourself using this manual and the readme.txt file, e-mail or fax the technical support team. B ...
