restoring to larger drive?

[geek-y-guy]

Hi All:

I have XP Pro / sp2 installed on an 80-gig SATA drive in a 20-gig c:
partition, with a 60-gig e: partition holding various data.

I'm out of room on the 20-gig partition. The last software I installed was
Flash CS3, which allowed me to do a "split install" with some of it
installing in "c:" and some installing on "e:".

I have a 250-gig SATA drive that I'd like to try to migrate this install
onto, to provide more space.

Is there any "safe" way to do it? I can partition the 250-gig drive anyway I
need to to preserve the c: and e: partitions on the old drive...I just want
them bigger. What is the best way to migrate to the larger drive?

TIA, AK

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[David Webb]

Why not simply uninstall Flash CS3 then after you clone your system to the new
HDD you can then install it in a normal manner?

 

[ihammerhands2000]

The only way i can think of is to backup your entire hard drive to the bigger
one with a backup program. If windows starts yelling that such and such
dosn't equal such and such, then you would probably need to reinstall all of
your programs on the bigger one, while still keeping windows on the smaller
one.

if you for some reason don't want the small hd at all, then you would
probably need to reinstall windows on the bigger hd.

hope this helps,
IHammerHands2000

 

[philo]

Why not simply uninstall Flash CS3 then after you clone your system to the new
HDD you can then install it in a normal manner?

That's good advice and is probably what I'd do.
but with most cloning software you could probably just clone the two smaller
partitions to two larger ones

 

[geek-y-guy]

thanks for that...I'm looking for recommendations on how to clone the drive
as well.

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Why not simply uninstall Flash CS3 then after you clone your system to the
new HDD you can then install it in a normal manner?

 

[geek-y-guy]

Let me ask this a different way...will this work?

create two 100-gig partitions on the 250-gig drive.

run ntbackup to backup my c: contents and e: contents to one of the
partitions on the 250-gig drive

remove the 80-gig drive, install xp on the other 100-gig partition.

boot to xp on the new drive, then restore over the virgin xp install with
ntbackup from the 80-gig c: backup.

reboot, set the second partition as "e:", restore the e: contents from the
80-gig drive into the e: partition on the new drive with ntbackup.

Will that work?

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Why not simply uninstall Flash CS3 then after you clone your system to the
new HDD you can then install it in a normal manner?

 

[philo]

thanks for that...I'm looking for recommendations on how to clone the drive
as well.

I suggest Acronis True image

They have a free trial. just follow the instructions

 

[nesredep egrob]

Hi All:

I have XP Pro / sp2 installed on an 80-gig SATA drive in a 20-gig c:
partition, with a 60-gig e: partition holding various data.

I'm out of room on the 20-gig partition. The last software I installed was
Flash CS3, which allowed me to do a "split install" with some of it
installing in "c:" and some installing on "e:".

I have a 250-gig SATA drive that I'd like to try to migrate this install
onto, to provide more space.

Is there any "safe" way to do it? I can partition the 250-gig drive anyway I
need to to preserve the c: and e: partitions on the old drive...I just want
them bigger. What is the best way to migrate to the larger drive?

TIA, AK

When you have read it all and get started you will probably find that the 250GB
drive will come up as a 137 GB or something like that - therefore begin with

Start/run/regedit
(if unsure export registry for safety)
select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
navigate to system/services/atapi/parameters or
system/currentcontrolset/services/atapi/parameters
right click for new
Select Dword name it EnableBigLba (take note of case)
set value to 1
end regedit
reboot

I did happen to me when I installed 2 x 750GB in a raid array.

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia

 

[milleron]

Let me ask this a different way...will this work?

create two 100-gig partitions on the 250-gig drive.

run ntbackup to backup my c: contents and e: contents to one of the
partitions on the 250-gig drive

remove the 80-gig drive, install xp on the other 100-gig partition.

boot to xp on the new drive, then restore over the virgin xp install with
ntbackup from the 80-gig c: backup.

reboot, set the second partition as "e:", restore the e: contents from the
80-gig drive into the e: partition on the new drive with ntbackup.

Will that work?

It looks as though it would, but why spend an hour reinstalling XP if
you can get a free trial version of True Image.

 

[David Webb]

I don't see any flaw in your plan but personally, I wouldn't trust Ntbackup for
a full restoration of a partition. I've used it in the past for scheduled
backups of certain folders and files only.

I would recommend Acronis TrueImage 11.0 as your backup utility. I've recently
seen this advertised for as low as $25.99 USD but expect to find it normally for
around $40. I use it to store the images of all my partitions on an external USB
160 GB drive.

FWIW, I recently did something very similar to what you're planning to do. My
primary drive was 40 GB, partition as C, D, and E. The new drive is 250 GB. I
chose to install the new drive as the primary and the old drive as a slave. I
then used PartitionMagic 8.0 to do all the partitioning and formatting work of
the new drive.

In my case I preferred to do a fresh install of WinXP Pro on the new C partition
and then I reinstalled only selected applications and utilities. For this
scenario, I could then use the slave drive as a resource for files and settings
applicable to the new drive. I also used WinXP's FAST utility and the MS Office
Settings Wizard prior to swapping drives. In other words Acronis was not
required for my game plan, only Windows Explorer was used to transfer (copy or
move) any remaining data to the new partitions.

See this link for detailed info about the FAST utility:

Files and Settings Transfer (FAST) Wizard
http://winsupportcenter.com/win5/a/fast.htm

Good luck!

Let me ask this a different way...will this work?

create two 100-gig partitions on the 250-gig drive.

run ntbackup to backup my c: contents and e: contents to one of the partitions
on the 250-gig drive

remove the 80-gig drive, install xp on the other 100-gig partition.

boot to xp on the new drive, then restore over the virgin xp install with
ntbackup from the 80-gig c: backup.

reboot, set the second partition as "e:", restore the e: contents from the
80-gig drive into the e: partition on the new drive with ntbackup.

Will that work?

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[geek-y-guy]

Thanks for everyone's suggestions...I will probably go with the Acronis
product.