Guest mark4man Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 So... My (recently new) audio workstation...mfg.'d by ADK...came w/ Paragon *Drive Backup* (8.1)...which I can utilize to backup my entire local drive content (OS/programs/files & folders) to a dedicated recovery capsule...(which I believe is located on a dedicated partition). What I would like to do...(because I have 2 external hard drives, capable of backing up everything I have)...is: 1st; ELIMINATE that recovery capsule. Then...I would like to recover that partition to the volume...so as to add it's space to the available, writable area of the entire local drive (i.e., only have one main partition). I DO have the XP bible (Bott & Seichert)...& I suppose the sequence is detailed in there somewhere...but I thought also that someone here might have some practical experience w/ this task.] Then...I want to back up my entire local drive to one of my external drives (since I am going to install SP3...& a complete back-up is recommended prior). [This... I believe I already know how to do...since it is listed as one of the main options on the mail Paragon interface.] Thanks, mark4man ATTN: PA Bear...please refrain from help or comment...I'll just wait for the regulars.
Guest sgopus Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 RE: Eliminate Recovery Partition_Recover Main Volume leave it alone, you will need it later trust me! if you are that desperate for space, get another HD, they are not that expensive. "mark4man" wrote: > So... > > My (recently new) audio workstation...mfg.'d by ADK...came w/ Paragon *Drive > Backup* (8.1)...which I can utilize to backup my entire local drive content > (OS/programs/files & folders) to a dedicated recovery capsule...(which I > believe is located on a dedicated partition). > > What I would like to do...(because I have 2 external hard drives, capable of > backing up everything I have)...is: > > 1st; ELIMINATE that recovery capsule. > > Then...I would like to recover that partition to the volume...so as to add > it's space to the available, writable area of the entire local drive (i.e., > only have one main partition). I DO have the XP bible (Bott & Seichert)...& > I suppose the sequence is detailed in there somewhere...but I thought also > that someone here might have some practical experience w/ this task.] > > Then...I want to back up my entire local drive to one of my external drives > (since I am going to install SP3...& a complete back-up is recommended > prior). [This... I believe I already know how to do...since it is listed as > one of the main options on the mail Paragon interface.] > > Thanks, > > > mark4man > > > ATTN: PA Bear...please refrain from help or comment...I'll just wait for the > regulars. > > >
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 Re: Eliminate Recovery Partition_Recover Main Volume On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:00:05 -0400, "mark4man" <77> wrote: > So... > > My (recently new) audio workstation...mfg.'d by ADK...came w/ Paragon *Drive > Backup* (8.1)...which I can utilize to backup my entire local drive content > (OS/programs/files & folders) to a dedicated recovery capsule...(which I > believe is located on a dedicated partition). Recovery "capsule"? I'm not sure what you mean here. The word "capsule" is not normally used here at all. Ignoring the word "capsule" for the moment, I assume that what you have is a partition that your computer's manufacturer has used to contain an image of the operating system. It is *not* there for you to back anything up to it. > What I would like to do...(because I have 2 external hard drives, capable of > backing up everything I have)...is: > > 1st; ELIMINATE that recovery capsule. No, do not do this. This is what you have in place of a Windows CD. If you lose it, you have no means of reinstalling Windows, if it ever becomes necessary. Do *nothing* with that partition except following the manufacturer's instructions for creating a CD from it (assuming that they provided such instructions; check your documentation). > Then...I would like to recover that partition to the volume...so as to add > it's space to the available, writable area of the entire local drive (i.e., > only have one main partition). I DO have the XP bible (Bott & Seichert)...& > I suppose the sequence is detailed in there somewhere... No, it's not. > but I thought also > that someone here might have some practical experience w/ this task.] Again, do not do this. The following is provided for reference only: Unfortunately, no version of Windows before Vista provides any way of changing the existing partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The only way to do what you want is with third-party software. Partition Magic is the best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware alternatives. One such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware, but comes with a free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you want within that 30 days. I haven't used it myself (because I've never needed to use *any* such program), but it comes highly recommended by several other MVPs here. Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go wrong. > Then...I want to back up my entire local drive to one of my external drives > (since I am going to install SP3...& a complete back-up is recommended > prior). Good plan. You should *always* have a current backup of anything important to you, and *especially* just before taking a major step like installing a service pack. > [This... I believe I already know how to do...since it is listed as > one of the main options on the mail Paragon interface.] I don't know anything about Paragon *Drive Backup*, what its capabilities are or how to use. If it works for you, fine, but the backup program that I recommend is Acronis True image > ATTN: PA Bear...please refrain from help or comment...I'll just wait for the > regulars. ??? Why do you say that? PA Bear *is* one of the regulars, and one of the most knowledgeable and helpful folks around here. Turn him off and you are turning off a valuable resource. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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