Clone existing HD with hidden restore partition

[Guest Dodge]

Hi, I'm looking for any tools/softare or a process where in replacing an

exising hard drive on a computer, that has a hidden restore partition like

IBM, Lenovo, some HP's, that I can clone both the boot partition and the

hidden restore partition over to a new larger hard drive, that would then

replace the existing internal drive. Seagate tells me their SeaTools will not

do this. Acronis tech support has not responded. Thanks in advacne - Dodge

[Guest Dave Cohen]

Re: Clone existing HD with hidden restore partition

 

Dodge wrote:

> Hi, I'm looking for any tools/softare or a process where in replacing an

> exising hard drive on a computer, that has a hidden restore partition like

> IBM, Lenovo, some HP's, that I can clone both the boot partition and the

> hidden restore partition over to a new larger hard drive, that would then

> replace the existing internal drive. Seagate tells me their SeaTools will not

> do this. Acronis tech support has not responded. Thanks in advacne - Dodge

 

You can download a trial version of bootitng from

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com. Make a boot media, boot, cancel install and

go into maintenance mode. You may need to read their online manual if

the menu isn't sufficiently intuitive.

You might decide you like the product enough to register and install.

Great for multi-os support.

Dave Cohen

[Guest olfart]

Re: Clone existing HD with hidden restore partition

 

 

"Dodge" <Dodge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Hi, I'm looking for any tools/softare or a process where in replacing an

> exising hard drive on a computer, that has a hidden restore partition like

> IBM, Lenovo, some HP's, that I can clone both the boot partition and the

> hidden restore partition over to a new larger hard drive, that would then

> replace the existing internal drive. Seagate tells me their SeaTools will

> not

> do this. Acronis tech support has not responded. Thanks in advacne - Dodge

 

go to http://www.fssdev.com/ and check out Casper

been using it for years

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

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"Dodge" <Dodge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:1BFA174E-0686-447A-AD33-B86FD1ECD22D@microsoft.com...

> Hi, I'm looking for any tools/softare or a process where in replacing an

> exising hard drive on a computer, that has a hidden restore partition like

> IBM, Lenovo, some HP's, that I can clone both the boot partition and the

> hidden restore partition over to a new larger hard drive, that would then

> replace the existing internal drive. Seagate tells me their SeaTools will

> not

> do this. Acronis tech support has not responded. Thanks in advacne - Dodge

 

You can do this with Acronis, but the partitions will be the same size in

this mode. You will then use something like Acronis Disk Director to

adjust partition sizes as appropriate.

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest olfart]

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"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message

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> "Dodge" <Dodge@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:1BFA174E-0686-447A-AD33-B86FD1ECD22D@microsoft.com...

>> Hi, I'm looking for any tools/softare or a process where in replacing an

>> exising hard drive on a computer, that has a hidden restore partition

>> like

>> IBM, Lenovo, some HP's, that I can clone both the boot partition and the

>> hidden restore partition over to a new larger hard drive, that would then

>> replace the existing internal drive. Seagate tells me their SeaTools will

>> not

>> do this. Acronis tech support has not responded. Thanks in advacne -

>> Dodge

>

> You can do this with Acronis, but the partitions will be the same size in

> this mode. You will then use something like Acronis Disk Director to

> adjust partition sizes as appropriate.

>

> HTH

> -pk

 

Casper will also allow you to set partition size before cloning

[Guest Unknown]

Re: Clone existing HD with hidden restore partition

 

Do a search for bounceback-------I think you'll like it.

"Dave Cohen" <user@example.net> wrote in message

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> Dodge wrote:

>> Hi, I'm looking for any tools/softare or a process where in replacing an

>> exising hard drive on a computer, that has a hidden restore partition

>> like IBM, Lenovo, some HP's, that I can clone both the boot partition and

>> the hidden restore partition over to a new larger hard drive, that would

>> then replace the existing internal drive. Seagate tells me their SeaTools

>> will not do this. Acronis tech support has not responded. Thanks in

>> advacne - Dodge

>

> You can download a trial version of bootitng from

> http://www.terabyteunlimited.com. Make a boot media, boot, cancel install and go

> into maintenance mode. You may need to read their online manual if the

> menu isn't sufficiently intuitive.

> You might decide you like the product enough to register and install.

> Great for multi-os support.

> Dave Cohen