Re: Larger HD on Win XP?

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


>An image of the boot partition makes more sense.
>
>The only reason for a copy of the boot partition
>is if you need to be able to boot the copy as
>quickly as possible, and you clearly dont.
>
>The short story is that an image is easier to do and harder to stuff up.

Only if you're familiar with what you're doing, and with using the
necessary tools! I'm not. I did it all once, but it hasn't stuck.

So I will first have to dust-off and re-read my user guides for Drive
Image 2002 and PowerQuest Partition Magic 2.0 to recall what
partitions and images are all about. And complement that by
re-learning what XP Disk Management can do. I recall that it was
surprisingly handy. But that will inevitably muddy the water by making
me indecisive about whether I actually *need* the other tools. Because
ideally I like a minimalist approach; the fewer external programs I
have to concern myself with, the better. And then there's that
boot.ini stuff, which I remember took me a while to sort out, with
several scary moments en-route when I thought I'd lost everything <g>.
Plus the area that's always been *very* much a black art to me: what
you can and cannot boot from, i.e. bootable versus system/data
partitions, etc, etc. And I bet I've forgotten a few other
complications and provisos that I'll have to watch out for!

By contrast, the concept of *copying* is well-ingrained and intuitive
to me.

Of course, there's a sense of satisfaction directly after sorting it
all out. And no doubt I'll realise I was making heavy weather of it,
and think it's now all remembered. Until the next time... <g>

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

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