Question on dual boot & Windows XP

[Guest]

Hi,

I built a system that dual boots both Linux and Windows XP ... Linux and
the Boot Manager is in the first IDE disk the second is Windows ... I
believe the MBR is also on the first disk and my Windows disk is running out
of space ... I believe it's possible to clone the Windows disk to a larger
disk ?? maybe with partition magic but not sure ... The question is can I
write a mbr to the 2nd disk safely now and boot off it ??? I see the warning
messages from running the recovery and trying to fix/install a mbr ... Any
suggestions ??? I really don't want to delete and start ofer .. not really
an option at the moment..

Thanks in advance

Dale G

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You can purchase Norton Ghost and create an "image"
of your old hard drive:

Norton Ghost 2003
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.aspx

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| Hi,
|
| I built a system that dual boots both Linux and Windows XP ... Linux and
| the Boot Manager is in the first IDE disk the second is Windows ... I
| believe the MBR is also on the first disk and my Windows disk is running out
| of space ... I believe it's possible to clone the Windows disk to a larger
| disk ?? maybe with partition magic but not sure ... The question is can I
| write a mbr to the 2nd disk safely now and boot off it ??? I see the warning
| messages from running the recovery and trying to fix/install a mbr ... Any
| suggestions ??? I really don't want to delete and start ofer .. not really
| an option at the moment..
|
| Thanks in advance
|
| Dale G

 

[Timothy Daniels]

You can purchase Norton Ghost and create an "image"
of your old hard drive:

Norton Ghost 2003
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/

What about the OP's question about writing just
an MBR to the 2nd hard drive to make it bootable?


BTW, it's time to update the reference to say
"Norton Ghost 9.0", which is a re-GUI'd PowerQuest
Drive Image 7.02, the latter obtained in the buyout of
PowerQuest by Symantec.

*TimDaniels*