Table 2. Destination disk is less than 2 TB
A table below displays the available option if you want to migrate a source disk to a hard disk less than 2 TB.
If your source disk is MBR, you have to select whether you want the destination disk to remain MBR, or you want to convert it to GPT using Acronis True Image.
Each selection has its own advantages and limitations depending on your system parameters. Mostly it concerns a destination disk's bootability.
My system is BIOS-booted (Windows or Acronis bootable media) | My system is UEFI-booted (Windows or Acronis bootable media) | |
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My source disk is MBR and my OS does not support UEFI |
The operation will not affect neither partition layout nor bootability of the disk: partition style will remain MBR, the destination disk will be bootable in BIOS. The entire disk space will be available. | After operation completion, the partition style will remain MBR, but the operating system will fail booting from UEFI, since your operating system does not support it. |
My source disk is MBR and my OS supports UEFI |
The operation will not affect neither partition layout nor bootability of the disk: partition style will remain MBR, the destination disk will be bootable in BIOS. The entire disk space will be available. | The destination partition will be converted to GPT style that will make the destination disk bootable in UEFI. The entire disk space will be available. |
My source disk is MBR and OS is non-Windows, or no OS |
You can select one of the required migration methods:
The partition style will remain MBR. The destination disk will not be bootable, because there is no Windows operating system detected in your system.
The destination disk will be converted to GPT style and used as a non-system disk, because your operating system does not support booting from GPT on BIOS. |
You can select one of the required migration methods:
The partition style will remain MBR. The destination disk will not be bootable, because there is no Windows operating system detected in your system.
The destination partition will be converted to GPT style and used as a non-system disk, because there is no Windows operating system detected in your system. |
My source disk is GPT and my OS supports UEFI |
After operation completion, the partition style will remain GPT, the system will fail booting on BIOS, because your operating system cannot support booting from GPT on BIOS. | After operation completion, the partition style will remain GPT, the operating system will be bootable on UEFI. |
My source disk is GPT and OS is non-Windows, or no OS |
After operation completion, the partition style will remain GPT, the system will fail booting from BIOS, because your operating system does not support booting from GPT on BIOS. | After operation completion, the partition style will remain GPT, the system will fail booting, because there is no Windows operating system detected in your system. |