Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 05:14:00 +0000 From: "Matt Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Strategy for changing the hard disk on a Libretto
From: Sylvain Bouju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
So, I have use it in order to make a file imaging the c: partition of my old working 10GB, then I have copied (via firewire) this file on the third 10+ GB partition of the new 20 GB disk, and copied too the "savepart" program itself to this same partition. Finally, I have put the 20GB hard disk inside the Libretto, booted it on a: with my win98se boot disk, launched the program" savepart" on e:, and with it restored the image file of my previous environement to the new c: partition.
And this time, the reboot on c: has worked properly, and I have recover everything like before...:-)
Good for you Sylvain!
For the next time, it may be a good idea to split the first 8GB area of any big disk in three partitions, if possible: a very little one for DOS mode working avoiding the use of the floppy disk drive, a 4GB for the main OS, and another 4GB for backups, image of the main OS partition, the win98 folder, or others important or basic things like that. Then, in the remaining disk space, first the little 78 MB partition for the hibernation area, and finally the rest of the disk, may be splitted in some other partitions depending of what is needed...?
Boy... that'd work fine. There are certainly a number of ways you could go to make it easier next time. It would seem your really only need to create 2 partitions, C: and D: on a new drive though, with C: set active, and D: made 78MB at that point. Format the C: drive with the /s switch to copy system files there, and format D: normally. Run your "savepart" program to create an "image", and save that file to D: on the new drive. Copy the "savepart" program to D: and reboot the system. Pu the drive in the Libretto, boot to the C: prompt. Change drive to D:, and run "savepart" to restore its file there to the C: drive. Booting Windows, you could format the rest of the drive.
Thats actually close to what I tend to do a lot of the time. But hecks... there's got a be a bunch of methods to achieve the same thing. Sounds like you have it under control!
Matt
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