M6600 Owners Thread

Windows will install without a SR, you won't be denied for lack of a available primary partition for it.
It's Windows boot loader the OS partition.

Addendum edit: Microsoft: 4 standard partitions allowed, 3 Primary and 1 Primary Extended. No SR on extended.

Hey my typing is improving.


Edit text re-read.

 

This is how a typical Dell factory image is structured (see below).

I only use Paragon Backup and Recovery (free) or Acronis (also free). Paragon will allow partition resizing if needed.

Scott-

 

Hey Scott can Acronis free do a clone or is forbidden?

 

Thanks, rcb and you answered my question: boot files on the system partition. I knew you didn't need the system reserved partition, a clean install of windows usually creates it on a brand new drive though and since i clean installed on brand new drives for all of my computers, it's always been there for me unless i changed something.

I'm interested in this too, it used to have that function before, but i think they disabled it in the latest trial (they probably figured out people were using it to clone to SSDs or something).

 

Go here for Acronis limitations and specifics as they are a Dell partner: http://promo.acronis.com/partner-trial-download-dell.html

Scott-

 

Solutions /Windows 7 - System Reserved Partition and WinCalc Math

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wish Tenchi555 would trust us - we'll earn it.

 

I just thought about a little known fact. Both Seagate and Western Digital have free versions of Acronis under their labels and all you have to do is make sure at least one of your drives are the respective company's make; even if it is an eSATA drive or a secondary internal drive. Here is the info on the Seagate version and it should have the clone feature ENABLED: How can I copy / transfer all the data from my old boot drive to my new Seagate drive?

Scott-

 

Do you know if the Intel version of Acronis works the same way?

Another "stupid question": since Hitachi was acquired by WD and Samsung's HDD division by seagate, will the respective versions of Acronis also work for Hitachi and Samsung drives?

 

Tenchi555:

WAIT: You got the image over to the SSD but couldn't boot?
If it is still there, change the BIOS /SATA to AHCI and see if you can boot.
You'll need to go [F12] Boot Menu and try to boot from that drive.

 

See the bottom of the page here: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19324

It looks like you need an Intel SSD installed and then it will work.

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Required System Specifications:

The hardware requirements for the Intel® Data Migration Software correspond with the minimum requirements for the operating system installed on the computer to be used with the Intel® Data Migration Software. In addition, the Intel® Data Migration Software requires the following hardware:
- Attached Intel® SSD

The Intel® Data Migration Software rescue media has the following hardware requirements:
- 256 MB RAM
- Processor 1 GHz or faster
- The recommended minimum screen resolution is 1152x864
- The supported operating systems are Microsoft Windows XP*, Windows Vista*, and Windows 7*

The Intel® Data Migration Software isn't compatible with Macintosh computers. If you're using a Mac operating system, there are a variety of free tools available for cloning, such as Carbon Copy Cloner, available here: Carbon Copy Cloner - Home

Your Intel® SSD comes with instructions on physically installing your drive in your system. Please refer to these instructions.

If you experience a performance issue using the Intel 500 Series drives with Microsoft Windows XP*, please install the Acronis AlignTool* - Intel® SSD Edition.

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Not sure about your other question. Probably not since it looks for the H/W ID and not the corporate status.

Scott