I have once used Symantec Ghost which copied my complete HDD on another disk and after reformatting my HDD I again used Ghost to copy the contents to the original HDD and all settings were as before. But mine was PC.
I think taking the original HDD to PC and then attach the other one (bigger) as slave. Copy the contents of it on the new one using ghost. Then put extra OS(win, SUSE). This msy solve your problem. Please mail me if I am wrong logically so I would not make the same mistake next time. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bruce Marshall Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 10:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: <OT> Thinkpad upgrade On Tuesday 22 January 2002 0:06 am, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > On 21 Jan 2002, at 12:57, Bill Campbell boldly uttered: > > BTW: When I got the new hard drive, I called IBM support to find out > > where to buy an extra mounting bracket for the new drive so I could just > > swap drives quickly without having to mess with screws and such. The > > support person said this wasn't really his department, but took the model > > number, got the necessary part numbers, and set up a conference call with > > the appropriate people so I could order it quickly. Excellent support is > > the primary reason we use only IBM laptops (that and I can't stand the > > touchpads instead of the little eraser in the keyboard :-). > > One thing that you can do on some Thinkpads is get a converter that > will allow you to replace the battery with a 2nd HD. I did this on > my older Tpad when doing an HD upgrade and it's a *way* convenient > way to copy stuff over without having to deal with external backup > mediums. > > I totally agree on IBM service, which is one reason why I'm a > dedicated Tpad user and I recommend them to all my clients. > > > Phil I think I've found an answer.... I have backup software that will write to a disk... that disk can be remote on the LAN. So I will backup the TP to another Windows machine, put the new drive in and install a new Windows and the backup software. Then restore from the backup. If all goes well, the job is done. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------- -----+ + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 01/22/02 00:15 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------- -----+ Schnatterly's Summing Up of the Corollaries: "If anything can't go wrong, it will" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
