Eliminate Recovery Partition_Recover Main Volume

[Guest mark4man]

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]

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]

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

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