Guest KDawg44 Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Hi, We use Acronis to image PC's. I need to set up a dual boot system with XP and Ubuntu. I would like to just deploy the image using Acronis. Is there a way to set up a partitions and to put the XP image on one but leave another partition for me to put Ubuntu on? The image was NOT set up this way, it takes all the unpartitioned space on the boot drive. Short of creating a new image or adding another hard drive, is there an easy way around this? Thanks. Kevin
Guest Jo-Anne Naples Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Re: Acronis Image - Dual Boot Hi, Kevin, I'll offer the same advice I received here not long ago. Check out the Acronis support forum online at http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=65 You'll need to sign up to post; unfortunately, they don't have a newsgroup you can subscribe to through your news server. It's a great forum, though. I've learned a lot from the people there. Jo-Anne "KDawg44" <KDawg44@gmail.com> wrote in message news:fa5cfc8f-1220-4979-bdd3-5dfb25eb5d12@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > > We use Acronis to image PC's. I need to set up a dual boot system > with XP and Ubuntu. I would like to just deploy the image using > Acronis. Is there a way to set up a partitions and to put the XP > image on one but leave another partition for me to put Ubuntu on? The > image was NOT set up this way, it takes all the unpartitioned space on > the boot drive. Short of creating a new image or adding another hard > drive, is there an easy way around this? > Thanks. > > Kevin
Guest Gerry Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Re: Acronis Image - Dual Boot Kevin You need a Partition Manager and a Boot Manager: http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/features.html -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ KDawg44 wrote: > Hi, > > We use Acronis to image PC's. I need to set up a dual boot system > with XP and Ubuntu. I would like to just deploy the image using > Acronis. Is there a way to set up a partitions and to put the XP > image on one but leave another partition for me to put Ubuntu on? The > image was NOT set up this way, it takes all the unpartitioned space on > the boot drive. Short of creating a new image or adding another hard > drive, is there an easy way around this? > Thanks. > > Kevin
Guest AJR Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Re: Acronis Image - Dual Boot Acronis Image only backs up used space - Acronis Clone option copies entire partition. Create a second partition - install Ubuntu - Run Acronis and select both partitions to image. "KDawg44" <KDawg44@gmail.com> wrote in message news:fa5cfc8f-1220-4979-bdd3-5dfb25eb5d12@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > > We use Acronis to image PC's. I need to set up a dual boot system > with XP and Ubuntu. I would like to just deploy the image using > Acronis. Is there a way to set up a partitions and to put the XP > image on one but leave another partition for me to put Ubuntu on? The > image was NOT set up this way, it takes all the unpartitioned space on > the boot drive. Short of creating a new image or adding another hard > drive, is there an easy way around this? > Thanks. > > Kevin
Guest David Webb Posted June 20, 2008 Posted June 20, 2008 Re: Acronis Image - Dual Boot > Acronis Image only backs up used space Not necessarily true. If the user selects a sector-by-sector backup, both data and free space is copied. Here's an excerpt from the Acronis FAQ cited below: The sector-by-sector backup allows you to create an image of all sectors of the selected partition. This image will contain not only sectors with data but also sectors that are free. As a result, this image will be equal in size to the disk being imaged, as there will be no data compression. This method is useful if a partition being backed up is not supported by Acronis True Image 11 Home or is corrupted. In this case, all sectors of this partition are included in this image and will be restored. [end quote] http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/faq/sector-by-sector-backup/ "AJR" <ajrjdr@comcast.net> wrote in message news:%23cQgsjw0IHA.800@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Acronis Image only backs up used space - Acronis Clone option copies entire > partition. > > Create a second partition - install Ubuntu - Run Acronis and select both > partitions to image. > > "KDawg44" <KDawg44@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:fa5cfc8f-1220-4979-bdd3-5dfb25eb5d12@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com... >> Hi, >> >> We use Acronis to image PC's. I need to set up a dual boot system >> with XP and Ubuntu. I would like to just deploy the image using >> Acronis. Is there a way to set up a partitions and to put the XP >> image on one but leave another partition for me to put Ubuntu on? The >> image was NOT set up this way, it takes all the unpartitioned space on >> the boot drive. Short of creating a new image or adding another hard >> drive, is there an easy way around this? >> Thanks. >> >> Kevin > >
Guest AJR Posted June 21, 2008 Posted June 21, 2008 Re: Acronis Image - Dual Boot Thanks David - I stand corrected.. "David Webb" <dwebb211@earthling.net> wrote in message news:umBoVAy0IHA.4084@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Acronis Image only backs up used space > > Not necessarily true. If the user selects a sector-by-sector backup, both > data and free space is copied. Here's an excerpt from the Acronis FAQ > cited below: > > > The sector-by-sector backup allows you to create an image of all sectors > of the selected partition. This image will contain not only sectors with > data but also sectors that are free. As a result, this image will be equal > in size to the disk being imaged, as there will be no data compression. > This method is useful if a partition being backed up is not supported by > Acronis True Image 11 Home or is corrupted. In this case, all sectors of > this partition are included in this image and will be restored. > > [end quote] > > http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/faq/sector-by-sector-backup/ > > "AJR" <ajrjdr@comcast.net> wrote in message > news:%23cQgsjw0IHA.800@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Acronis Image only backs up used space - Acronis Clone option copies >> entire partition. >> >> Create a second partition - install Ubuntu - Run Acronis and select both >> partitions to image. >> >> "KDawg44" <KDawg44@gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:fa5cfc8f-1220-4979-bdd3-5dfb25eb5d12@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com... >>> Hi, >>> >>> We use Acronis to image PC's. I need to set up a dual boot system >>> with XP and Ubuntu. I would like to just deploy the image using >>> Acronis. Is there a way to set up a partitions and to put the XP >>> image on one but leave another partition for me to put Ubuntu on? The >>> image was NOT set up this way, it takes all the unpartitioned space on >>> the boot drive. Short of creating a new image or adding another hard >>> drive, is there an easy way around this? >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Kevin >> >> > >
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