Is there some way I can make the bigger disk my system disk without disturbing the data that is in t

[Don Phillipson]

My system disk is 35G and has two prinary partitions - Dell Diagnostics
and XP

I have another disk, 500g, paritioned in to three partitions: a primary
and two logicals.

If it makes sense to make the bigger disk the system disk consider:

The primary has no data that I want. I need the data in the other two big
partitions.

Reading the Acronis manual it appears that cloning the system disk onto
the other one will erasse all my data in the two logical partitions.

Is that correct?

For the Acronis utility distributed by Western Digital, this
warning in the manual meant that cloning C: and X: (drive 0)
to drives D: and E: (drive 1) would wipe any data previously
written onto D: and E. This was how the utility worked.

 

[Char Jackson]

Right.
I believe I read that Move deletes the copied files.
And Copy said for bootable see Move.
....

Is this true of Move or should I use Copy.

Thanks a lot

It's true that Move moves the data and Copy copies it, just as the
terms indicate. Copying is safer since it leaves the original data in
place on the smaller drive.

I see from your other post that you're also playing with ptedit.
You're in good hands with Paul there. I haven't used that tool in at
least 15 years, so I'm no help. If you use the old tools, you don't
need Acronis, and vice versa.

 

[Paul]

It's true that Move moves the data and Copy copies it, just as the
terms indicate. Copying is safer since it leaves the original data in
place on the smaller drive.

I see from your other post that you're also playing with ptedit.
You're in good hands with Paul there. I haven't used that tool in at
least 15 years, so I'm no help. If you use the old tools, you don't
need Acronis, and vice versa.

PTEDIT32 is just for double checking what is going on.

While you can make changes with it, that's not really a good idea.
(In terms of risk factor, if you make a finger mistake, don't
take good notes before hand etc).

That's true of just about any tool that moves gigabytes of data.
The first few times you use it, you should have backups to rely on,
just in case. Once you're sufficiently familiar with it, you've tested
a few test cases, then you can "work without a net" like one of
the Flying Wallendas.

I wonder why they'd bother with a "move" option ? To me,
all you need is "copy", as it is easy to delete the
original later with Disk Management. And by doing it that
way (only supporting "copy"), that lessens the risks that
the user will have regrets.

Paul

 

[JoeSulla]

For the Acronis utility distributed by Western Digital, this
warning in the manual meant that cloning C: and X: (drive 0)
to drives D: and E: (drive 1) would wipe any data previously
written onto D: and E. This was how the utility worked.

Thanks

 

[JoeSulla]

It's true that Move moves the data and Copy copies it, just as the
terms indicate. Copying is safer since it leaves the original data in
place on the smaller drive.

I see from your other post that you're also playing with ptedit.
You're in good hands with Paul there. I haven't used that tool in at
least 15 years, so I'm no help. If you use the old tools, you don't
need Acronis, and vice versa.

Thanks

 

[jim]

On Fri, 4 May 2012 19:59:36 -0400, in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,

When I run the Dell Diagnostics on my system disk I get a Read Test Error
code 0F00:0244

Is that reasom enough to move the system off that disk?

My system disk is 35G and has two prinary partitions - Dell Diagnostics and
XP

I have another disk, 500g, paritioned in to three partitions: a primary and
two logicals.

If it makes sense to make the bigger disk the system disk consider:

The primary has no data that I want. I need the data in the other two big
partitions.

Reading the Acronis manual it appears that cloning the system disk onto the
other one will erasse all my data in the two logical partitions.

Is that correct?

Is there some way I can make the bigger disk my system disk without
disturbing the data that is in the two logical parttions?


Thank

Yes. You can do it. It is more than a start a huge program, let it run
overnight and be done in the morning. What state is this project
currently in?

jim

 

[- Bobb -]

If not mentioned in all the others,
go to website of "target drive" ( assume Seagate as an example)
download their install utility and follow along as if replacing the smaller
drive with a large drive. do not elect to FORMAT, merely point the program
to the larger drive's primary partition and elect OVERWRITE partition.

Read the target drive's website for manual/procedure before starting.