Ok, so here are my two questions:
1. I've used Acronis for about two years to clone my single (primary) partition to a separate Hard-Drive, and, for the most part, it's worked great. Then (several months ago) several computers were stolen and mine was replaced with an HP. The new HP has two partitions (one Windows 7 and the other HP factory Image). Yesterday, I tried cloning (with Acronis) to a Hard-Drive of a different size, however both partitions got re-sized. I would like only the windows partition to re-size. Is there any way to clone to a smaller/larger drive while only resizing certain partitions?
2. I've never had much success at cloning with the installed version of Acronis, so instead I've been using a boot disk. Then I wondered if I could use the same boot disk to create boot-able clones of the other 4 (Windows) computers at home. Each, on average, has a Windows 7 and factory partition and a backup partition(≈2 partitions each). I've been looking around and have considered, as a cost-saving measure, getting one large Hard-Drive such as this or this. I am aware of the commonly-known 4 primary partitions per drive rule, but optimistically my second question is Can I clone more than one computer to the same Hard-Drive and later restore said computers should anything happen?
If any of you were wondering, I've been working with Acronis True Image Home 2011.
1. I've used Acronis for about two years to clone my single (primary) partition to a separate Hard-Drive, and, for the most part, it's worked great. Then (several months ago) several computers were stolen and mine was replaced with an HP. The new HP has two partitions (one Windows 7 and the other HP factory Image). Yesterday, I tried cloning (with Acronis) to a Hard-Drive of a different size, however both partitions got re-sized. I would like only the windows partition to re-size. Is there any way to clone to a smaller/larger drive while only resizing certain partitions?
2. I've never had much success at cloning with the installed version of Acronis, so instead I've been using a boot disk. Then I wondered if I could use the same boot disk to create boot-able clones of the other 4 (Windows) computers at home. Each, on average, has a Windows 7 and factory partition and a backup partition(≈2 partitions each). I've been looking around and have considered, as a cost-saving measure, getting one large Hard-Drive such as this or this. I am aware of the commonly-known 4 primary partitions per drive rule, but optimistically my second question is Can I clone more than one computer to the same Hard-Drive and later restore said computers should anything happen?
If any of you were wondering, I've been working with Acronis True Image Home 2011.