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| Thread ID: 101676 | 2009-07-22 22:03:00 | Acronis Restoration | minster (9180) | Press F1 |
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| 794344 | 2009-07-25 23:57:00 | Ministers way may not necessarily work because: a) If R.M has XP the inbuilt disk management tool cannot shrink/extend partitions b) Vista/7's inbuilt tool does not always work with the system partition due to unmovable files. Cheers Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 794345 | 2009-07-26 00:14:00 | Ministers way may not necessarily work because: If R.M has XP the inbuilt disk management tool cannot shrink/extend partitions Ok Blam - then would my thoughts from the middle of the night work ie install Windows XP first (which includes partitioning), then install the Acronis backup? |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 794346 | 2009-07-26 00:51:00 | Well it will work but is a very long winded way of doing something that can be done much quicker and easier by using your image then just resizing the partitions with something like Gparted | gary67 (56) | ||
| 794347 | 2009-07-26 00:57:00 | OK- I'll have to get gparted. I'm sort of working under difficulties here - the main drive on the Desktop is dead, but I'm running it under Linux Live... :) Off a cd. New experience! |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 794348 | 2009-07-26 01:32:00 | Gparted would be the easiest method here. Partitioning can sometimes corrupt data, so keep backups ready:) |
Blam (54) | ||
| 794349 | 2009-07-26 01:41:00 | As I understand RM's original comment, he/she has got a new 500GB hard drive (blank) and has an acronis image (tib file) of the old "C" drive that needs to be added to the new hard drive? If this is correct then the method I outlined above will be a very short and uncomplicated way of achieving a happy outcome and requires no 3rd party software to be installed. |
minster (9180) | ||
| 794350 | 2009-07-26 01:59:00 | As I understand RM's original comment, he/she has got a new 500GB hard drive (blank) and has an acronis image (tib file) of the old "C" drive that needs to be added to the new hard drive? If this is correct then the method I outlined above will be a very short and uncomplicated way of achieving a happy outcome and requires no 3rd party software to be installed. Let me make this clear: XP's disk manager DOES NOT EXTEND PARTITIONS |
Blam (54) | ||
| 794351 | 2009-07-26 02:53:00 | Latest update... Offending HDD out (much muttering by 'himself'). Running on Linux Live at the moment - surprisingly good, but none of the periperals work (printers etc). The B.... laptop will now NOT boot. :( It's a Toshiba Satelite A100). It starts to boot, the line (on the Toshiba slashscreen) moves along so far, but not to the end - and that's all. So, won't boot up Linux, won't respond to the two suggested booting options (F2 or f12). Took the battery out (what else would you do!), gave it a rest (more for the good of MY soul) - haven't thrown it at the wall yet, but more constructive suggestions would be welcome! :) |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 794352 | 2009-07-26 04:30:00 | Your linux live should have gparted on it already, so no need to download it again | gary67 (56) | ||
| 794353 | 2009-07-26 05:07:00 | Your linux live should have gparted on it already, so no need to download it again Oh, does it? I'll have to look at it more closely. :) |
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