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Re: Norton Ghost vs. Drive Image vs. ??
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Tue, 26 Feb 2002 14:09:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Daniel Crichton writes:
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> My advice - don't use Ghost or Drive Image. Get Partition Magic. I did this
> last year with my work PC - install Partition Magic under W2K (has to be
> Pro, it won't install under Server as you would need to buy Server Magic
> instead which is much more expensive), create the 2 boot disks, then boot
> from them. You can now do an exact copy of the partition on your old drive
> to your new drive using the copy option (it can also be used to make a copy
> of a partition to the same physical drive which is useful if you need to
> keep a virgin install around in case you mess up the active one). When
> that's done reboot using the boot disks again, and resize the partition on
> the new drive to the full size of the drive and make it active. Then shut
> down the machine, make the new drive the master (or however you handle it on
> a laptop!), and when it boots up you should find that you have the exact
> same W2K installation but with more space available.
Thanks. I wasn't sure I followed you on creating two boot disks, though.
Could you elaborate on that a bit? Wouldn't one be sufficient? (assuming the
boot disk enables Partition Magic to use NTFS formatted drives)
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Gs58o4.Hnv@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Sorry, I should have explained that part. Partition Magic creates the boot disks - one to boot from, the other you insert when it asks which (...) (25 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Norton Ghost vs. Drive Image vs. ??
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| "Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Gs3HBz.H0L@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) one (...) want (...) get (...) leftover (...) My advice - don't use Ghost or Drive Image. Get Partition Magic. I did this last year with my work (...) (25 years ago, 26-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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