

The above option is the important one for your situation as this is where you want to pull the drivers for the NVMe drive. :: PC, the extracted drivers will already be saved and :: :: After that, if building custom Acronis WinPE from the same :: :: initially scan the system and extract the local drivers. :: This process may take some time the first run since it must :: :: with the option to include WiFi support and chose to do so. :: You should select "Yes" if you were previously presented :: :: resolution later in this script and have a dedicated ::

:: You should select "Yes" if you plan to specify a screen :: :: Would you like to inject drivers from THIS Windows system :: :: Yes - Build WinPE using my system language :: :: No (for the map network share question) :: Build Customized 64-bit Acronis WinPE Rescue Media :: In terms of what to select the options shown should be fairly obvious but should follow along the following lines: * both external hard drive and optical drives will be required by X series systems.Chris, you would need to create the rescue media on the computer where you are having the problem with seeing the C: NVMe drive, this is so that you can pick up the device drivers needed to allow the drive to be seen. On later systems it is not necessary to make the BIOS change to the PDA (Predesktop Area). It is critically important that the new "target" drive is inserted in the main hard drive slot with the metal caddy attached.Īlso works on R50-52, X31-32*, X40-41* including tablet systems. the above will also work using an external HDD caddy for the source drive and booting from the UltraBay optical drive.

Shut down and from a cold start enter BIOS and set the PDA to normal.Įverything will be as it should be, just with a larger capacity drive. Restart and it boot to windows, check that the PDA is visible in drive management. Turn the system off by pressing the power button for ~5 seconds and then remove the source, original drive from the UltraBay. Manually resize the partitions allowing 5GB for the PDA and then allocate all other space to the first partition.Īfter the cloning process is finished at the reboot go straight into bios and remove the cd from the drive. Remove the original, source, drive from it's primary slot and caddy and place it in the Ultrabay adapter, Insert it into the bay.Īttach the hard drive caddy to the new drive and install it into the primary hd slot.Ĭonnect an external usb cd drive and enter bios to ensure that it is recognised along with both hds in boot menu and ensure it is selected as first boot device.Īfter restarting boot to an Acronis rescue cd and choose to clone the drives. Confirm that the PDA is visible in drive management and shut down.

Set the Predesktop Area, (PDA also known as hpa = hidden protected area ), to disabled in the BIOS security menu and boot to windows.
