It does a LOT of tasks, including Partitioning, Formatting, and Cloning. Popatim has pointed you to the free utility Acronis True Image WD Edition downloadable from the WD website. On the other hand, letting your machine continue to use whatever SATA HDD you install as an IDE device type will continue to work, so why not do that? You could NOT simply clone your existing Win XP OS to a larger HDD and then switch it to AHCI without a lot of adjustment. To get Win XP to use a AHCI device (even if you had it working via some other HDD controller) would require a brand new clean Install of Win XP including loading the AHCI driver from a floppy diskette. Your IHC7 chipset does not support it, and neither does Win XP directly. Getting AHCI to work for you is not necessary to use an Advanced Format HDD, as far as I know. You should also be aware that most of these things apply to ALL Advanced Format HDD's not just to WD products. First off, I do NOT run any Linux, so for that part I suggest you examine the info on the WD website. Yes, what you want to do can be done, with a few limits. If there is anybody out there that has a Win XP x32 SP2 machine, without AHCI, and they have successfully installed an AF drive I would like to hear from them. And I am still somewhat concerned about not having AHCI capability in my BIOS. ![]() Still not sure about ensuring proper align when using 32 bit XP. Don't know if it applies to the AF drives but I would assume so. I read through WD's web page on partitioning large hard drives. Which gets me back to the original problem. Maybe I am wrong ! Wouldn't be the first, or last, time. After a whole lot of additional reading, it appears to me that the Acronis software is mainly for data recovers, cloning, etc., not specifically for partitioning and formatting the drive. Hate to buy the drive and then not be able to use it. Any ideas as to whether this may be a problem? I know there are some interesting differences between SP2 and SP3 but don't know if they will prevent me from using the software. It says that the software has been successfully tested on Win XP Pro SP3. Acronis True Image is a powerful backup and drive imaging software that normally costs at least $50 for home users and more for a business version.I downloaded the Acronis user guide. Western Digital is now offering a version for its customers for free. ![]() The purpose of the download from Western Digital is to allow users to do a bit for bit copy of their old hard drive onto their new Western Digital hard drive, a process called cloning. not have cloning software on their site, use acronis true image to clone the drive. That way, instead of reinstalling the operating system, all the person’s software and then copying over personal data and files followed by tweaking settings in the OS and apps, the previous installation is mirrored onto the new drive saving a lot of time. The software will also do backups of the data after it is installed on the new drive.Īllegations and the P2 SSD Western Digital Pledges Transparency. The WD version of Acronis True Image Home is based on the 2009 version, which admittedly is a little out of date. Acronis True Image WD Edition is based on the award winning Acronis True Image backup, restore and disaster recovery program. Acronis just released version 11, which is newer than the free WD version but the vast majority of the features in the paid version seem to be present in this free WD version. Use the intuitive graphical user interface to easily define where you’ll be backing up your PC and how often. #ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE FOR WESTERN DIGITAL PC# ![]()
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