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2. Select Tools & Utilities -> Add New Disk in the main menu and the Disk selection screen will

show the information about all hard disks in your system. Use this for checking whether the SSD
is detected in the recovery environment.

3. If the screen shows your SSD, just click Cancel.

If the rescue media does not recognize the SSD and the SSD controller mode is ACHI, you can try to
change the mode to IDE (or ATA in some BIOS brands) and see whether this solves the problem.

Attention! Do not start Windows after changing the mode; it may result in serious system problems. You must
return the mode to ACHI before starting Windows.

If after changing the mode the rescue media detects the SSD, you may use the following procedure
for recovery under rescue media:

1. Shut down the computer.
2. Boot to BIOS, change the mode from AHCI to IDE (or ATA in some BIOS brands).
3. Boot from Acronis rescue media.
4. Recover the disk.
5. Boot to BIOS and change IDE back to AHCI.
6. Start Windows.

What to do if the above suggestions do not help

You can try to create a WinPE-based rescue media. This may provide the necessary drivers. For more
information, see Creating WinPE-based rescue media.

One more option is to request a custom rescue media from Acronis Support. For more information,
see Creating a custom rescue CD (p. 136).

Please be aware that finding the appropriate drivers and making the custom rescue media may take time.
Furthermore, finding the appropriate drivers may not be possible in some cases.

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What to do if your SSD does not have enough space for all HDD

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Now let's see what can be done when the occupied space on your old hard disk exceeds the size of
your SSD.

In this case, you need to move your data files from the old hard disk to another location, for example,
to another hard disk drive.

If your notebook has space only for a single disk, your options are limited. You can move the data
files you rarely use to an external hard disk. Alternatively, you can create zip archives of such files
and then delete the original files. In addition, you can clean up the hard disk. Choose to delete the
System Restore points on the More Options tab of the Disk Cleanup window.

After freeing up space on the old hard disk, check whether the occupied space is less than the SSD
size. If so, perform the migration procedure described earlier. Take note that for stable operation,
Windows needs to have several GB of free space on the system partition.

After you migrate the system, you can try to tweak some of the Windows settings. This will reduce
the disk space required for Windows. In most cases you can safely perform the following:

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Turn off System Restore. You don't need it, because you have Small Office Backup for restoring
your system.