ACRONIS Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Windows User Manual page 196

on the second disk will lose their letters, all paths will be invalid on the disk, and programs won't find their files.
The operating system on that disk will be unbootable.
You have the following two alternatives to retain system bootability on the target disk volume:
1. Copy NT signature – to provide the target disk with the source disk NT signature matched with
the Registry keys also copied on the target disk.
2. Leave NT signature – to keep the old target disk signature and update the operating system
according to the signature.
If you need to copy the NT signature:
1. Select the Copy NT signature check box. You receive the warning: "If there is an operating system
on the hard disk, uninstall either the source or the target hard disk drive from your machine prior
to starting the machine again. Otherwise, the OS will start from the first of the two, and the OS
on the second disk will become unbootable." The Turn off the machine after the cloning
operation check box is selected and disabled automatically.
2. Click Finish to add the pending operation.
3. Click Commit on the toolbar and then click Proceed in the Pending Operations window.
4. Wait until the task is finished.
5. Wait until the machine is turned off.
6. Disconnect either the source or the target hard disk drive from the machine.
7. Start up the machine.
If you need to leave an NT signature:
1. Click to clear the Copy NT signature check box, if necessary.
2. Click to clear the Turn off the machine after the cloning operation check box, if necessary.
3. Click Finish to add the pending operation.
4. Click Commit on the toolbar and then click Proceed in the Pending Operations window.
5. Wait until the task is finished.
6.11.5.3. Disk conversion: MBR to GPT
You would want to convert an MBR basic disk to a GPT basic disk in the following cases:
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If you need more than 4 primary volumes on one disk.
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If you need additional disk reliability against any possible data damage.
If you need to convert a basic MBR disk to basic GPT:
1. Select a basic MBR disk to convert to GPT.
2. Right-click on the selected volume, and then click Convert to GPT in the context menu.
You will receive a warning window, stating that you are about to convert MBR into GPT.
3. By clicking OK, you'll add a pending operation of MBR to GPT disk conversion.
(To finish the added operation you will have to commit (p. 206) it. Exiting the program without
committing the pending operations will effectively cancel them.)
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