Re: New XP install, but from disk image?
- From: "Dr. C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T" <cjoseph@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:02:28 -0400
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Hi Bmuse,
If it is a hard disk image in a hidden partition), you must create
the same type of partition on your new hard disk then copy the image
to the new partition.
I've had to do this a couple of times, and what I did was use Copy
Commander to go from the old disk to the new. Ghost should also work
(I have some problems with it for this process). Once you have the
image on the 'hidden' partition you should be good to go.
Ciao . . . C.Joseph
That which a man buys too cheaply . . .
He esteems too lightly
bmuse21 wrote:
> I have a Fujitsu Lifebook laptop. I've outgrown the small hard drive, and
> have purchased a new one; I now need to reinstall WinXP Home.
>
> Unfortunately, the laptop didn't come with a Windows CD. Only the
> much-hated "disk image" of the original factory settings, in PQI format
> (DriveImage or Ghost, I have Ghost 9).
>
> I formatted the new drive as a primary partition, made it bootable, and
> restored my factory disk image to the new drive. But when I put that HD into
> the laptop, it won't boot -- just a black screen with blinking cursor.
>
> I contacted the manufacturer (Fujitsu) -- their solution was for me to
> purchase a new HD from them, at a very high price, with the image already in
> place. (!!)
>
> That can't be the only way to get a bigger hard drive here?? My purchase of
> the laptop INCLUDED a license of Windows, and I have the right to reinstall
> it on a new hard drive. But without an original Windows CD. So now I have
> the new HD with an exact image of the WinXP Home setup that the laptop
> shipped with, I just need to make it work in the PC.
>
> Thank you for any help!!
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