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#CREATE IMAGE OF HARD DRIVE AND RESTORE TO SSD MANUAL#

In the Finder, copy your files to the mounted disk image, then eject it.įor more information about disk image types, see the manual (man) page for hdiutil. cdr file extension.ĭisk Utility creates the disk image file where you saved it in the Finder and mounts its disk icon on your desktop and in the Finder sidebar. dmg file extension.ĭVD/CD master: Changes the size of the image to 177 MB (CD 8 cm). Read/write disk image: Allows you to add files to the disk image after it’s created. Sparse disk image: Creates an expandable file that shrinks and grows as needed. Sparse bundle disk image: Same as a sparse disk image (below), but the directory data for the image is stored differently. To encrypt the disk image, click the Encryption pop-up menu, then choose an encryption option.Ĭlick the Partitions pop-up menu, then choose a partition layout.Ĭlick the Image Format pop-up menu, then choose an option:

#CREATE IMAGE OF HARD DRIVE AND RESTORE TO SSD MAC#

If the disk image will be used with a Mac or Windows computer and is 32 GB or less, choose MS-DOS (FAT) if it’s over 32 GB, choose ExFAT.

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If the disk image will be used with a Mac with macOS 10.12 or earlier, choose Mac OS Extended (Journaled) or Mac OS Extended (Case-sensitive, Journaled). If the disk image will be used with a Mac that has a solid state drive (SSD) and uses macOS 10.13 or later, choose APFS or APFS (Case-sensitive). In the Size field, enter a size for the disk image.Ĭlick the Format pop-up menu, then choose the format for the disk: This is the name that appears on your desktop and in the Finder sidebar, after you open the disk image. In the Name field, enter the name for the disk image. This is the name that appears in the Finder, where you save the disk image file before opening it. In the Disk Utility app on your Mac, choose File > New Image > Blank Image.Įnter a filename for the disk image, add tags if necessary, then choose where to save it. This may result in a drop of performance on certain models of SSD drives after the restore.You can create an empty disk image, add data to it, then use it to create disks, CDs, or DVDs.

In other words, when you restore an image to an SSD drive, it will get the default 63 sectors offset instead of 64kb (or a multiple of 64kb) offset recommended for SSD drives even if this offset was in place when the image had been created.

In older Acronis products there is no technology to detect whether a drive is SSD or not and to set the default (optimal) offset for an SSD.

You can perform all the same operations with SSDs as with regular hard disk drives.

More informationĪll other Acronis products support Solid State Drives (SSD) with limitations: In most of the cases this is the default offset of an SSD disk (64kb or 1024kb).Ī multiple of 64kb (most commonly, 1024kb or 2048 sectors) is the recommended offset for SSD disks.

If you restore a partition backup to a target partitioned SSD disk, the default offset on the target disk will stay the same it was before the restore.

If you restore a partition backup to a target empty non-partitioned (unallocated) SSD disk, the target SSD disk will be automatically set to the default 1024kb (2048 sectors).

If you restore or clone a disk image to an SSD disk, the recovered/cloned primary partitions will be aligned to the default starting offset 1024kb (2048 sectors).

This means that Acronis products detect whether the drive is a solid state or a mechanical one and will treat it as such.

Acronis True Image 2015, Acronis True Image Unlimited.

Acronis Backup (Acronis Backup & Recovery) 11.7/11.5.

Acronis Cyber Backup Cloud, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud.

Acronis True Image 2017, Acronis True Image Subscription.

Acronis True Image 2018, Acronis True Image Subscription.

Acronis True Image 2019, Acronis True Image Subscription.

Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (formerly Acronis True Image).

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The following Acronis products have full support of Solid State Drives (SSD):

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