Re: So much for signing on to Microsuck with a new legal copy of XP PR

"dgalekov" <dgalekov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Anyways here's my problem .. I did a full system backup of a 160 WD SATA
disk
total size is "160,014,912 Yes it's WD 160 Gb sata disk ... from newegg I
did
a asr backup backup to my 2nd WD SATA also from newegg a I disconnected
disk1 disk3 was added 160,039,680 non WD disk but larger then disk1 .. I
try a ASR restore and microsuck tells me that disk3 is too small ...
riddle
me this is win that stupid that can't understand cross brands ???? ... you
know if the world went to linux it would be simplier ... So why can't I
restore to a larger disk ... I think it's a bug ... probably one that
would
never be fixed ,, it's winblows and BG doesn't care... besides Vista is
out
and the prople speak ... most say it sucks ... and true .. think about
for
every version of winblows you need 2x cpu and 2x memory .. which means
for
99% of all home owners they need a new PC ... more $$ Hell Fedora you can
run core 3 - 7 on old pentiums and it works trust me I have core 5
running
on a P3 400MHZ and 256M memory and it's fast ... faster then windows

back to my problem why is winblows failing ??? the disk is = to or larger

dale G

First, the problem you're describing isn't with Windows. It's with
ntbackup, which isn't exactly a cutting-edge backup utility. There's a
reason 3rd party and imaging apps are sold and are popular, and why it isn't
even included with all XP distributions.

So you'll have better results looking at ntbackup issues, than with generic
XP issues.

What is the exact error message? Googling *that* will probably give you
good clues.

To your specific problem, are you tryng to transfer a working XP install
from one drive to another?

If so, a better bet might be to download and install the Acronis TrueImage
Home trial (100 meg, www.acronis.com), to the original drive, then clone it
to the new larger drive. You must do this in "manual" mode, as the
"automatic" mode doesn't allow you to set the target partition size.
You'll be done in about an hour.

HTH
-pk


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