Re: Copying Bootable Drive in XP

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I read the posts that are mentioned in this thread. I am trying to use
the Acronis True Image but the problem is that the "source" in my case
is ONE partition of my primary drive. This one partition is the same
size as the "destination" drive. But ATI wants to clone the entire
primary drive, which is much larger than the destination, so obviously
a no-go.

Is there a setting or mode I can use in ATI that will allow me to clone
the C: partition of the primary drive (75GB out of 200GB total on that
drive) to the 75GB E: slave drive that I have?

Thanks again.

I apologize for missing some of these other posts, and I *am* trying to
do some searching before posting. Just not very experienced in these
procedures.

Bob

On Dec 3, 7:51 pm, "Anna" <myn...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"RSS" <rsilve...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in messagenews:1165202338.219328.237800@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



Hello-

I am trying to copy my main boot drive to another drive so that I can
have a backup that is bootable and fully functional with the same
software, etc. I have Partition Magic 8.0 and I am not having luck
with the settings and configuration.

I successfully created a partition on the 2nd drive, and performed the
copy. All the files were there, and it obviously copied fine. But
it's not bootable. There's obviously something else I need to do
either before or after to make this fly, right?

I did some searching in the groups, but I am not finding the answer
that works for me yet. I don't need to use Partition Magic if there's
something easier or better to use.

Thanks in advance.RSS:
We've had extensive experience using Partition Magic over the years, nearly
exclusively with the objective of manipulating partitions - shrinking,
merging, extending, etc. As I'm sure you know, by & large it's the "industry
standard" for those types of operations. But for a variety of reasons we've
never been really taken with PM's ability to copy partitions where, in
effect, the ultimate objective is to create a bootable clone. For that type
of work we believe a disk imaging program, e.g., Acronis True Image or
Symantec's Norton Ghost would be the program of choice.

Might you consider using a disk imaging program to meet your objective? That
type of program is also ideal for maintaining a comprehensive backup system
through its disk cloning or disk imaging process.

One of the more popular programs of that type is the Acronis True Image
program. Their latest version 10 is available for a 15-day trial. You might
want to give it a try.
(http://www.acronis.com)

BTW, I'm assuming that when you state "I am trying to copy my main boot
drive to another drive so that I can have a backup that is bootable and
fully functional with the same software, etc....", you're referring to two
HDDs, so that the "destination" HDD would be the recipient of the clone of
the primary HDD or the recipient of that drive's disk image.

Incidentally, I recently (11/18/06) posted to this newsgroup some detailed
step-by-step instructions for using the ATI program. The thread was "Re: XP
home backup utility".
You might want to take a look at it.
Anna

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