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From: Rock on 11 Apr 2008 18:09 Hi, I have a 40 GB HD in my laptop and have just bought a 160. I have already done a True Image of my C drive with XP on it and placed it on my external F drive. Now I want to take my current C Drive out and replace it with the F Drive 160GB one but need to have my XP up and running on it. How do I do this? Thanks rck
From: Rod Speed on 11 Apr 2008 18:32 Rock <1940(a)pobox.com> wrote > I have a 40 GB HD in my laptop and have just bought a 160. > I have already done a True Image of my C drive with XP on it and placed it on my external F drive. You actually need an image of the physical drive, not just the partition. > Now I want to take my current C Drive out and replace it with the F > Drive 160GB one but need to have my XP up and running on it. > How do I do this? Make what TI calls the Bootable Rescue CD from the start menu. Check that you can boot that with the 40GB drive still in the laptop and that you can see the image you have created on the external drive. When you can do that, replace the 40GB drive with the 160GB drive and boot from the TI rescue CD again. Restore the image to the new 160GB drive. It will ask you if you want to expand the partition to fill the new drive, say yes. Then boot off the 160GB drive. It can get a bit more complicated than that with some laptops, but you didnt say anything about which laptop it is and its quite safe to try it and see if it works.
From: Rock on 11 Apr 2008 18:58 Rod Speed wrote: > Rock <1940(a)pobox.com> wrote > >> I have a 40 GB HD in my laptop and have just bought a 160. > >> I have already done a True Image of my C drive with XP on it and placed it on my external F drive. > > You actually need an image of the physical drive, not just the partition. > >> Now I want to take my current C Drive out and replace it with the F >> Drive 160GB one but need to have my XP up and running on it. > >> How do I do this? > > Make what TI calls the Bootable Rescue CD from the start menu. > > Check that you can boot that with the 40GB drive still in the laptop > and that you can see the image you have created on the external drive. > When you can do that, replace the 40GB drive with the 160GB drive > and boot from the TI rescue CD again. Restore the image to the new > 160GB drive. It will ask you if you want to expand the partition to fill > the new drive, say yes. Then boot off the 160GB drive. > > It can get a bit more complicated than that with some > laptops, but you didnt say anything about which laptop > it is and its quite safe to try it and see if it works. > > Thank you so much. I will try it as soon as I am able to get the time. It is a Highlander Laptop (Cevo I think the generic brand is) I have had it 4 years or so. P4 2GBCPU. Never given me one day of trouble and it is on every day sometime for a week at a time sometimes using AC power. Don't want to upgrade to another but I will as this does not have USB2 plus other things as the tech evolves.
From: Rod Speed on 11 Apr 2008 19:25
Rock <1940(a)pobox.com> wrote > Rod Speed wrote >> Rock <1940(a)pobox.com> wrote >>> I have a 40 GB HD in my laptop and have just bought a 160. >>> I have already done a True Image of my C drive with XP on it and placed it on my external F drive. >> You actually need an image of the physical drive, not just the partition. >>> Now I want to take my current C Drive out and replace it with the F >>> Drive 160GB one but need to have my XP up and running on it. >>> How do I do this? >> Make what TI calls the Bootable Rescue CD from the start menu. >> Check that you can boot that with the 40GB drive still in the laptop >> and that you can see the image you have created on the external >> drive. When you can do that, replace the 40GB drive with the 160GB >> drive and boot from the TI rescue CD again. Restore the image to the new 160GB drive. It will ask you if you want to >> expand the partition to fill the new drive, say yes. Then boot off the 160GB drive. >> It can get a bit more complicated than that with some >> laptops, but you didnt say anything about which laptop >> it is and its quite safe to try it and see if it works. > Thank you so much. I will try it as soon as I am able to get the time. > It is a Highlander Laptop (Cevo I think the generic brand is) I have had it 4 years or so. P4 2GBCPU. The above mechanism should work fine. Some laptops have hidden partitions used for maintenance etc, but that one doesnt. > Never given me one day of trouble and it is on every day sometime for a week at a time sometimes using AC power. > Don't want to upgrade to another but I will as this does not have USB2 plus other things as the tech evolves. Yeah, thats the main thing people notice is missing first. |