Re: Larger HD for my laptop?
- From: "Patrick Keenan" <test@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:16:15 -0400
"Sensitive New Age Thug" <SensitiveNewAgeThug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote in message news:CD1F5C7B-B817-4418-821E-9C082EBB6A71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Greetings.
I have a Sony laptop. PCG-K13 laptop. The internal 30GB hard disk is
getting
full. I could use an external drive, but those are hard to balance on your
lap.
There's probably a way to move an image of my hard disk to a new, larger
internal drive, then swap the new internal drive into my machine. I don't
know how to do that, though. Please advise.
What kind of registration problems should I expect with registered
applications?
Thanks in advance.
Tim
Most cloning applications will create an image while expanding the partition
to fill a larger disk. This isn't quite the same as imaging, where the
image is exactly the same size.
If you download the free Acronis TrueImage trial version (about 100 meg or
so), you can install it to your hard disk, attach the new drive via a USB2
connector or drive case (do NOT use USB1, as it is much too slow), and tell
TrueImage to clone, in *manual* mode. If you use automatic mode, you may
not have the option to use the full size of the new hard disk.
www.acronis.com
This process usually takes under an hour. Be *sure* that the battery is
fully charge and that the power adapter is plugged in, that power saving
features are disabled, so that the laptop cannot shut down during the
cloning process. If possible, plug it into a UPS to ensure that power
drops won't affect it. You may wish to clear out the temp folders and
browser caches first, but that's just to save time.
Once the cloning is complete, you can simply physically swap the drives, and
uninstall the True Image trial - or purchase it, as it's an excellent tool.
You're done.
Using this method, you will have no problems with registered applications -
and you'll be back at work in a short time.
HTH
-pk
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