Re: how to reconstruct c drive after replacement
From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 09/08/04
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Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 15:40:45 +0100
Paul Pedersen wrote:
>I have a larger hard disk I'd like to replace my C: drive with. I have a D:
>drive with free space on it. Both disks are NTFS.
>
>Is there some way I can back up the current C: drive, install the new drive,
>then restore everything to the new drive without having to reinstall
>everything, recreate users, etc.
What I use is BootIT NG, from http://www.BootitNG.com ($35 shareware -
30 day full functional trial)
Download, to its own folder, extract from the zip, run the bootitng to
make a boot floppy.
With the new drive plugged in as slave/secondary (probably replacing
the D one for the moment) , boot the floppy, Cancel Install, entering
maintenance, then click on Partition work. Highlight your C:,Copy, then
on left select the new drive (HD1), highlight the Free Space in it,
and Paste.
You might then consider a resize up a bit. Or leave some free space so
as later to make a new separate partition it
Now click on 'View MBR' and in it highlight the entry for this new C
partition and click the 'Set Active' Click 'Write Standard MBR' and
Apply.
Close out, swap the disks to make the new one the one that boots,
restoring the D one. and reboot into XP.
-- Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies) Bournemouth, U.K. Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)
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