132 Copyright © Acronis, Inc., 2000-2009Chapter 14. Transferring the system to anew disk14.1 General informationSooner or later computer users find that their hard disk is just too small. If you don’t havespace for more data, you can add another disk specifically for data storage.For example, you might find that your hard disk does not have enough space for theoperating system and installed applications, preventing you from updating your software.In this case, you have to transfer the system to a higher-capacity hard disk.This feature is available in Acronis True Image for Microsoft Small Business Server localversion only. Transferring systems using Acronis True Image Management Console is notsupported.To transfer the system, you must first install the disk in the server. If a server doesn’thave a bay for another hard disk, you can temporarily install it in place of your CD-ROM.If that is not possible, you can clone a hard disk by creating its image and restoring it to anew hard disk with larger partitions.There are two transfer modes available: automatic and manual.In the automatic mode, you will only have to take some simple actions to transfer all thedata, including partitions, folders and files, to a newer disk, making it bootable if theoriginal disk was bootable.There will be only one difference between these disks – partitions on the newer disk willbe larger. Everything else, including the installed operating systems, data, disk labels,settings, software and everything else on the disk, will remain the same.This is the only result available in the automatic mode. The program can only duplicatethe original disk layout to the new one. To obtain a different result, you will have toanswer additional questions about cloning parameters.The manual mode will provide additional data transfer flexibility.1. You will be able to select the method of partition and data transfer:as isnew disk space is proportionally distributed among the old disk partitionsnew disk space is distributed manually2. You will also be able to select operations to perform on the old disk:leave partitions (and data) on the old diskremove all information from the old diskcreate new partitions on the old disk (and remove all the older information)On program screens, damaged partitions are marked with a red circle and a white “X”inside in the upper left corner. Before you start cloning, you should check such disks forerrors using the appropriate operating system tools.
