New drive quandry

richlevy · 02-16-2009, 04:07 PM

It looks like I am getting another external. I had a 'real' external, meaning not an internal drive in an external case. Unfortunately, it was smaller than the internal drive I want to pull to use as my C: drive.

I went to order the 1TB Seagate USB/Firewire/eSata external from Staples that was on sale for $99, but, big surprise, they were out of stock and no holds or rainchecks apply. They have it backordered and it may come in before the sale is off at the end of the week.

Assuming I can get a large external soon, I will need to plan out how I will image my C:/D: drive (D: is a small partition with restore software on it) onto a larger drive. I am rummaging through my disk tools. I know this has to be done in DOS since you cannot copy many Windows files while Windows is running.

This should be fun.

mbpark · 02-16-2009, 04:25 PM

Rich,

Use the imaging tools on there. We've customized this at work to use the Altiris imaging agent, but this one comes with several tools for imaging drives (Drive Image XML), and can also use Ghost with a plug-in.

I've also used the GParted Live CD to copy over hard drives to larger partitions. It works quite well actually if all you want to do is re-image the drive onto a larger partition.

Mitch

02-16-2009, 04:07 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	It looks like I am getting another external. I had a 'real' external, meaning not an internal drive in an external case. Unfortunately, it was smaller than the internal drive I want to pull to use as my C: drive. I went to order the 1TB Seagate USB/Firewire/eSata external from Staples that was on sale for $99, but, big surprise, they were out of stock and no holds or rainchecks apply. They have it backordered and it may come in before the sale is off at the end of the week. Assuming I can get a large external soon, I will need to plan out how I will image my C:/D: drive (D: is a small partition with restore software on it) onto a larger drive. I am rummaging through my disk tools. I know this has to be done in DOS since you cannot copy many Windows files while Windows is running. This should be fun. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

02-16-2009, 04:25 PM	#2
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	Ultimate Boot CD Rich, Use the imaging tools on there. We've customized this at work to use the Altiris imaging agent, but this one comes with several tools for imaging drives (Drive Image XML), and can also use Ghost with a plug-in. I've also used the GParted Live CD to copy over hard drives to larger partitions. It works quite well actually if all you want to do is re-image the drive onto a larger partition. Mitch

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