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Since: Sep 04, 2009
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:37 pm
Post subject: Restoring A Hard Drive
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I replaced the 40GB hard drive on my WinXP Pro laptop with a 120GB
hard drive. I'm using Acronis True Image 8.0. I have an external hard
drive with an image from the original drive, plus drives of other systems.
The original drive also includes a 4GB "D" recovery partition that came
with the system.
I restored the old hard drive partitions to the new drive, and it works fine.
But, the extra 74GB of drive space on the new drive is not being recognized.
When restoring, there was no option in Acronis to expand the active partition
to take full advantage of the larger hard drive space. I tried the "Clone Hard
Drive" option, but it wanted to take the entire partition (much larger) from
the external hard drive and transfer it over. It wouldn't let me select a specific
image to restore, as I can do during a normal restore.
I'm wondering if I should first go into DOS and format the entire "C"
drive of the new hard drive..and then do a standard Acronis restore.
In Windows, I can go into Control Panel/Computer Management and
format the available 74GB into a new partition, but I really want all the
space the "C" drive to be together, not divided into two partitions.
There has to be a way to do this.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Scott |
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Since: Mar 01, 2007
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:37 pm
Post subject: Re: Restoring A Hard Drive [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Your best bet would be to use a partitioning program: Partition Magic,
Partition Commander, or similar. A Google search may list more, some
probably free or usable for a short period of time.
"Scott" <golden RemoveThis @uslink.net> wrote in message
news:rWlom.170615$Qg6.168010@newsfe14.iad...
>I replaced the 40GB hard drive on my WinXP Pro laptop with a 120GB
> hard drive. I'm using Acronis True Image 8.0. I have an external hard
> drive with an image from the original drive, plus drives of other systems.
> The original drive also includes a 4GB "D" recovery partition that came
> with the system.
>
> I restored the old hard drive partitions to the new drive, and it works
> fine.
> But, the extra 74GB of drive space on the new drive is not being
> recognized.
> When restoring, there was no option in Acronis to expand the active
> partition
> to take full advantage of the larger hard drive space. I tried the "Clone
> Hard
> Drive" option, but it wanted to take the entire partition (much larger)
> from
> the external hard drive and transfer it over. It wouldn't let me select a
> specific
> image to restore, as I can do during a normal restore.
>
> I'm wondering if I should first go into DOS and format the entire "C"
> drive of the new hard drive..and then do a standard Acronis restore.
>
> In Windows, I can go into Control Panel/Computer Management and
> format the available 74GB into a new partition, but I really want all the
> space the "C" drive to be together, not divided into two partitions.
>
> There has to be a way to do this.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
> Scott
>
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Since: Jul 16, 2009
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:17 am
Post subject: Re: Restoring A Hard Drive [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Scott" <golden RemoveThis @uslink.net> wrote:
>I replaced the 40GB hard drive on my WinXP Pro laptop with a 120GB
>hard drive. I'm using Acronis True Image 8.0. I have an external hard
>drive with an image from the original drive, plus drives of other systems.
>The original drive also includes a 4GB "D" recovery partition that came
>with the system.
>
>I restored the old hard drive partitions to the new drive, and it works fine.
>But, the extra 74GB of drive space on the new drive is not being recognized.
>When restoring, there was no option in Acronis to expand the active partition
>to take full advantage of the larger hard drive space. I tried the "Clone Hard
>Drive" option, but it wanted to take the entire partition (much larger) from
>the external hard drive and transfer it over. It wouldn't let me select a specific
>image to restore, as I can do during a normal restore.
>
>I'm wondering if I should first go into DOS and format the entire "C"
>drive of the new hard drive..and then do a standard Acronis restore.
>
>In Windows, I can go into Control Panel/Computer Management and
>format the available 74GB into a new partition, but I really want all the
>space the "C" drive to be together, not divided into two partitions.
>
>There has to be a way to do this.
>
>Any ideas?
Rather than start over, use a partition manager to take care of
things. You need to give all the 74GB of space to "D", then shrink
"D", leaving unallocated space between "D" and "C". Then you need to
resize "C" to use all of that space. You should be able to set all
that up and then commit to the changes.
Personally, I use Acronis Disk Director for that, but here is a
freebie that should get the job done.
http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm |
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Since: Aug 30, 2006
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 12:22 am
Post subject: Re: Restoring A Hard Drive [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Scott" <golden RemoveThis @uslink.net> wrote in message
news:rWlom.170615$Qg6.168010@newsfe14.iad
>I replaced the 40GB hard drive on my WinXP Pro laptop with a 120GB
> hard drive. I'm using Acronis True Image 8.0. I have an external hard
> drive with an image from the original drive, plus drives of other systems.
> The original drive also includes a 4GB "D" recovery partition that came
> with the system.
>
> I restored the old hard drive partitions to the new drive, and it works
> fine. But, the extra 74GB of drive space on the new drive is not being
> recognized. When restoring, there was no option in Acronis to expand the
> active
> partition to take full advantage of the larger hard drive space. I tried
> the "Clone
> Hard Drive" option, but it wanted to take the entire partition (much
> larger) from the external hard drive and transfer it over. It wouldn't let
> me select a
> specific image to restore, as I can do during a normal restore.
>
> I'm wondering if I should first go into DOS and format the entire "C"
> drive of the new hard drive..and then do a standard Acronis restore.
>
> In Windows, I can go into Control Panel/Computer Management and
> format the available 74GB into a new partition, but I really want all the
> space the "C" drive to be together, not divided into two partitions.
>
> There has to be a way to do this.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
> Scott
I use ATI Enterprise Server so I don't know if this would apply to you or
not, although I'd think it would. Look in ATI help for "Recovery > Changing
the Restored Partition Size and Location" and "Other Tasks > Disk Cloning >
Manual Relayout" and "Other Tasks > Disk Cloning > Size and Position".
--
Brian A. Sesko
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/
Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://members.shaw.ca/dts-l/goodpost.htm
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Since: Sep 04, 2009
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:18 am
Post subject: Re: Restoring A Hard Drive [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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"Scott" <golden RemoveThis @uslink.net> wrote in message news:rWlom.170615$Qg6.168010@newsfe14.iad...
>I replaced the 40GB hard drive on my WinXP Pro laptop with a 120GB
> hard drive. I'm using Acronis True Image 8.0. I have an external hard
> drive with an image from the original drive, plus drives of other systems.
> The original drive also includes a 4GB "D" recovery partition that came
> with the system.
>
> I restored the old hard drive partitions to the new drive, and it works fine.
> But, the extra 74GB of drive space on the new drive is not being recognized.
> When restoring, there was no option in Acronis to expand the active partition
> to take full advantage of the larger hard drive space. I tried the "Clone Hard
> Drive" option, but it wanted to take the entire partition (much larger) from
> the external hard drive and transfer it over. It wouldn't let me select a specific
> image to restore, as I can do during a normal restore.
>
> I'm wondering if I should first go into DOS and format the entire "C"
> drive of the new hard drive..and then do a standard Acronis restore.
>
> In Windows, I can go into Control Panel/Computer Management and
> format the available 74GB into a new partition, but I really want all the
> space the "C" drive to be together, not divided into two partitions.
>
> There has to be a way to do this.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
> Scott
>
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Update:
I figured it out. I read the Knowledge Base on the Acronis website. They said instead
of restoring the whole disk at once ("c" partition and "d" recovery partition together)
to restore each partition separately. This gave me the option to resize the partitions
before proceeding. I went for the maximum size. After restore, I am now using the
full capacity of the drive...and all is well.
Thank you for all your ideas!
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