Re: Software to clone disk and resize target partiions at same time?
- From: am_dew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Bob)
- Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 21:00:30 +0000 (UTC)
In article <41di7uF1e516pU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Rod Speed <rod_speed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:Bob <am_dew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:> Rod Speed <rod_speed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>> Bob <am_dew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>>
:>>> I have a 160 gig drive that contains several partions, including a
:>>> 10 gig bootable "C: drive" partition that stores my OS (Windows XP
:>>> SP2). All partitions are NTFS. I just bought a 320 gig drive and
:>>> would like to clone the 160GB drive onto the 320 gig drive but I
:>>> also would like to resize all of the partions while cloning if I
:>>> can (eg. make the C: drive 15 gigs instead of the 10 it is now on
:>>> the 160 gig drive).
:>>>
:>>> I remember doing this a few years ago when I cloned everything onto
:>>> the 160 gig drive using either Partition Magic or Drive Image, but I
:>>> cannot remember which one and that may have been before I
:>>> convertedmy partitions from FAT32 to NTFS.
:>>>
:>>> I have Drive Image 7.0 and I thought it would allow me to clone a
:>>> disk but it only lets me copy one partition at a time and even then
:>>> the cloned partition cannot be resized in the cloning operation.
:>>
:>>> Any suggestions on what software will not only clone an entire hard
:>>> disk at once but alos allow me to resize the target partitions
:>>> during the same operation?
:>>
:>> True Image will do that fine.
:>>
:>> Dont bother with Ghost, its completely hopeless for that,
:>> basically because it cant do a clone from a booted CD
:>> and that causes big problems with drive letters doing it
:>> at the XP level, and its buggy and damned slow as well.
:
:> Thanks. Do you know if I will be able to resize the C: drive partition?
:
:Sorry, should have said that more explicitly. Yes, you can resize
:any or all of the partitions. You can have them resized proportionally
:to fill the new drive or manually adjust the size of each one too so
:you get exactly the sizes you want instead.
No problem. I will use the manual method.
:> Reason I ask is because on the Acronis site it has
:> a disclaimer note that says "on supported partitions
:> only" in referece to resizing partitions while cloning.
:
:Sure. That only means that partitions it doesnt understand the format
:of cant be resized, just copied without changing the size. It understands
:FAT32 and NTFS fine, so will do what you want with the C partition.
That's kind of what I thought but thanks for the reassurance.
I just purchased True Image v9.0 from Newegg.com...the downloadable
version there was $20 cheaper than at Acronis.com.
I guess the only issue I can forsee is once I clone my source disk, I
have to be sure and unplug it and plug the target disk in it's place so
as to avoid having two "active" OS/boot partitions visible to the
system. Once I confirm that all is working OK on the clone (target)
disk, I want to wipe the source disk clean, repartition, reformat, etc.
so I can use it to store data files (music and video). I'm thinking
that I will need to use some sort of FDISK type of utility on either a
bootable floppy or bootable CD to do that in order to avoid my system
seeing two "active" OS partitions at the same time. Correct?
.
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