Acronis Server Cloud Backup - User Guide User Manual

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SSD alignment

Another question concerns the alignment of SSDs. To get the optimum performance from an SSD and
to prolong its life, the partition offset must meet certain criteria. In most cases you do not need to
check or manually fix the alignment, the program will do it automatically.

In any event, we recommend that you perform one of the following:

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Create the backup you are going to use for migration in disk mode. In other words, back up the
source disk entirely, not just the system partition.

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Make sure the destination SSD does not contain partitions (the disk space is unallocated). Note
that if your SSD is new and has never been used before, it does not contain partitions.

For more information see SSD support (p. 11).

6.5.1.1

What to do if Small Office Backup does not recognize your SSD

Sometimes Small Office Backup may not recognize an SSD.

In such a case, check whether the SSD is recognized in BIOS.

If the BIOS of your computer does not show the SSD, verify that the power and data cables are
properly connected. You may also try to update the BIOS and SATA drivers. If these suggestions do
not help, contact the Support of your SSD manufacturer.

If the BIOS of your computer does show the SSD, you can try the following procedure:

In the Search field or in the Run field (depending on your operating system), type cmd and press
Enter.

At the command line prompt type:

diskpart

list disk The screen will show the disks connected to your computer. Find out the disk number for
your SSD. Use its size as the reference.

select disk N Here N is the disk number of your SSD.

clean This operation removes all information from the SSD and overwrites the MBR with the default
one.

exit

Start Small Office Backup and check whether it detects the SSD. If it detects the SSD, use the Add
new disk tool to create a single partition on the disk occupying the entire disk space. When creating a
partition, check that the free space before partition is 1 MB. For more information, see Adding a new
hard disk (p. 104).

The next step is to check whether your Acronis bootable rescue media recognizes the SSD.

1. Boot from the rescue media.