by ronk » Mon Feb 22, 2016 3:29 pm
I have one more 120gb SSD to convert to, and though the source drive is 500gb, with a 400+gb C: partition (primary,crash,etc) it shows in computer management to be only 48gb in use (Win7 and Office). However, when I attempt to do IFL copy, indicates over 200gb needed on the target. I tried shrinking as much as possible in Windows 7, but there is likely 'unmovable' OS files preventing any further reduction. Do I have options to somehow restore and compress with IFL? I have backups of the drive on USB as well.
I had all the recommended global and other settings, but I suspect they don't apply in this situation. I'm going to search through the forum and elsewhere to see what I can do. I home I dont have to re-install the OS, since it takes forever to get the OS updates completed since I only have a 'recovery partition' on an earlier backup which is 4-5 years back.
In looking at the IFL manual, it indicates one should be able to compact or resize boot partition:
"To compact a partition:
1. Start the TeraByte imaging program of your choice.
2. Select to create a backup.
3. On the partition selection screen highlight the partition that needs compacted.
4. Click the Compact button (graphical versions) or press F3 (console versions).
5. Enter the new size"
..................etc.
I completed this procedure, and though only 44gb are used, the compaction left the boot partition at 234gb.
So, in Win7, turned off virtual memory and its page file, system protection (temporarily), then rebooted and Win7 let me reduce it to just what I wanted. Worked! So now will do the partition copy HDD to SSD (SSD in primary Bay.
All good....IFL copy was quick and smooth with the appropriate settings.
Ron
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ronk on Mon Feb 22, 2016 10:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.