Seagate DiscWizard to copy source HD with multiple partitions

[Lawrence Gould]

I have a Seagate SCSI 17-GB boot drive (source) with one primary (C
and three logical (D:, E:, F partitions. I'd like to move all of
that to my new 320-GB SATA drive (target), making the SATA drive the
new boot drive and then physically remove the SCSI drive (to another
computer).

Will Seagate DiscWizard, using custom install, move all four
partitions (C:, D:, E:, and F from the source drive to the target
drive, or will it move just the primary, boot partition (C?

If it moves just the C: partition, does this mean I have to move D:,
E:, and F: partitions one at a time using DiscWizard? And if I do
that, won't that really, really mess up the drive-letter
assignments...especially after I remove the SCSI drive?

I also have v1.01 of PowerQuest DriveCopy. That supposedly does a
sector-by-sector copy from source to target HD. This version does
handle FAT32 and NTFS. I've used it on SCSI, but I'm not sure whether
it'll work on SATA -- and with large drives (17 GB, let along 320 GB).
I'm guessing I should throw this software out and replace it with...

.... CopyWipe from Terabyte Unlimited. It looks like this app will copy
the multiple partitions from source to target, and the target HD will
be bootable. Yes? Should I just use the DOS version or am I correct in
the following: I can install CopyWipe for WIndows on a third drive
(which is already in my system; it's drive P: for the pagefile and
some temp space), and then I won't have any problems copying from
source to target (four partitions, bootable, etc.).

Or, I can use PowerQuest Partition Magic v8.... Except I'm not sure
how to do that. Seems like I'd have to merge all the partitions
together, then I guess copy? clone? that one partition to the new
drive, then split it up again? Heck, I guess I could use PM to merge
the partitions, then use DiscWizard to move that one primary (boot)
partition to the new drive, then remove the old drive.

Suggestions? Thanks.

Sincerely,
Larry

 

[David Flory]

I have a Seagate SCSI 17-GB boot drive (source) with one primary (C
and three logical (D:, E:, F partitions. I'd like to move all of
that to my new 320-GB SATA drive (target), making the SATA drive the
new boot drive and then physically remove the SCSI drive (to another
computer).

Will Seagate DiscWizard, using custom install, move all four
partitions (C:, D:, E:, and F from the source drive to the target
drive, or will it move just the primary, boot partition (C?

If it moves just the C: partition, does this mean I have to move D:,
E:, and F: partitions one at a time using DiscWizard? And if I do
that, won't that really, really mess up the drive-letter
assignments...especially after I remove the SCSI drive?

I also have v1.01 of PowerQuest DriveCopy. That supposedly does a
sector-by-sector copy from source to target HD. This version does
handle FAT32 and NTFS. I've used it on SCSI, but I'm not sure whether
it'll work on SATA -- and with large drives (17 GB, let along 320 GB).
I'm guessing I should throw this software out and replace it with...

... CopyWipe from Terabyte Unlimited. It looks like this app will copy
the multiple partitions from source to target, and the target HD will
be bootable. Yes? Should I just use the DOS version or am I correct in
the following: I can install CopyWipe for WIndows on a third drive
(which is already in my system; it's drive P: for the pagefile and
some temp space), and then I won't have any problems copying from
source to target (four partitions, bootable, etc.).

Or, I can use PowerQuest Partition Magic v8.... Except I'm not sure
how to do that. Seems like I'd have to merge all the partitions
together, then I guess copy? clone? that one partition to the new
drive, then split it up again? Heck, I guess I could use PM to merge
the partitions, then use DiscWizard to move that one primary (boot)
partition to the new drive, then remove the old drive.

Suggestions? Thanks.

Sincerely,
Larry

Hi,

I personally recommend Acronis Trueimage. I've used it more than once
for situations like yours and I know it works. You can "clone" one
whole disk to another without doing anything destructive to the original
disk. That way you can be sure the new installation works before
reusing the SCSI disk.

You would probably want to adjust the partition sizes afterwards, and
Acronis Disk Director (which you can get in a bundle with TrueImage) is
excellent. I think it's better than Partition Magic, which used to be
#1 but seems to have been neglected since being acquired by Symantec.

Best Regards,

Dave

 

[Rod Speed]

I have a Seagate SCSI 17-GB boot drive (source) with one primary (C
and three logical (D:, E:, F partitions. I'd like to move all of
that to my new 320-GB SATA drive (target), making the SATA drive the
new boot drive and then physically remove the SCSI drive (to another
computer).

Will Seagate DiscWizard, using custom install, move all four
partitions (C:, D:, E:, and F from the source drive to the target
drive, or will it move just the primary, boot partition (C?

If it moves just the C: partition, does this mean I have to move D:,
E:, and F: partitions one at a time using DiscWizard? And if I do
that, won't that really, really mess up the drive-letter
assignments...especially after I remove the SCSI drive?

I also have v1.01 of PowerQuest DriveCopy. That supposedly does a
sector-by-sector copy from source to target HD. This version does
handle FAT32 and NTFS. I've used it on SCSI, but I'm not sure whether
it'll work on SATA -- and with large drives (17 GB, let along 320 GB).
I'm guessing I should throw this software out and replace it with...

... CopyWipe from Terabyte Unlimited. It looks like this app will copy
the multiple partitions from source to target, and the target HD will
be bootable. Yes? Should I just use the DOS version or am I correct in
the following: I can install CopyWipe for WIndows on a third drive
(which is already in my system; it's drive P: for the pagefile and
some temp space), and then I won't have any problems copying from
source to target (four partitions, bootable, etc.).

Or, I can use PowerQuest Partition Magic v8.... Except I'm not sure
how to do that. Seems like I'd have to merge all the partitions
together, then I guess copy? clone? that one partition to the new
drive, then split it up again? Heck, I guess I could use PM to merge
the partitions, then use DiscWizard to move that one primary (boot)
partition to the new drive, then remove the old drive.

Suggestions? Thanks.

Use Acronis True Image.

The last time I tried it the free trial version would do it using
the rescue CD it creates from the installed free trial version.

You can specify the new partition sizes either automatically
scaled for the new drive or manually specified.

 

[Rod Speed]

Hi,

I personally recommend Acronis Trueimage. I've used it more than once
for situations like yours and I know it works. You can "clone" one
whole disk to another without doing anything destructive to the
original disk. That way you can be sure the new installation works
before reusing the SCSI disk.

You would probably want to adjust the partition sizes afterwards, and Acronis Disk Director (which
you can get in a bundle with TrueImage) is excellent.

True Image allows you to adjust the partition sizes at clone time if you want.

I think it's better than Partition Magic, which used to be #1 but seems to have been neglected
since being acquired by Symantec.

And its a lot easier to just use True Image.