Re: non-repairable clusters and unneeded partitions
- From: "Pegasus [MVP]" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:39:43 +0100
"VolleyballMom" <VolleyballMom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have an older PC with 2 partitions, a 16 G C drive containing the OS, XP,
and a 60 G D drive. The manufacturer shipped it that way, and the C drive
has
been running out of space. I haven't been able to remove the partition
because there are non-repairable broken clusters on the C drive and the
hard
drive is now having trouble booting, I suspect because of those clusters.
I've been making volume shadow back ups of the C drive, D drive and system
state onto an external drive using ntbackup in XP Home. I've been reading
posts here so I know that a new HDD will come with software to transfer
the
contents of my old HD to the new one. Here are my questions:
1. Will the partitions also transfer to the new HDD using that software?
If
yes, is there anything I can do to stop that?
Cloning programs transfer information on a partition-by-partition basis. The
better ones let you choose the size of the target partition.
2.I contacted the PC manufacturer and was told that I can use the Recovery
CDs to install the computer to its original state on a new HDD. That would
give me the option of installing without partitions.
A disk without partitions is useless. You need at least one.
Could I then use the
back up on the external drive to install the rest of my programs and
files?
Would they require the partitions? (I backed up all files except: task
scheduler, temporary files and system volume information: VSS service
alternate, VSS service DB, VSS default provider, system restore)
You can restore your data files but not your program files. You will need to
re-install all your programs, then configure them to suit your environment.
3.I'd like to try doing a reformat on the old HDD, wiping out the
partitions, or maybe install the OS on the existing D drive just to see if
I
can get a little more use out of it. There are no broken clusters on the D
drive and money is really tight now, everyone in our household has been
laid
off work. Is there a way to install the OS on the existing D drive?
Seeing that your current 16 GByte disk is flawed and also quite small, you
should make the 60 GByte disk the primary master disk and install/clone
Windows XP on to it. When finished you can format the 16 GByte disk and use
it as a spare data disk. It will have to be set up as a slave disk or as a
disk connected to the secondary IDE controller.
4.The only program I'm worried about losing is MS Office Ultimate 2007, my
daughter purchased it as a download so we don't have the CD. It's already
on
2 of our other computers so if I lose the program in all of this will they
let me download it again to the new HDD? (We have all of the purchase
information) Could I just save the program onto the external HDD so I don't
have to worry about losing it? And, if yes, how?
I am not aware of any legal version of MS Office that is downloadable but
then I'm no expert. The people in the many MS Office newsgroups would be
able to tell you. It would be a good strategy to save ALL downloaded
programs so that you don't run into this type of predicament.
I know this is a lot. Thank you in advance for your help.
.
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