Thank you! And so this general procedure: 1) insert new drive into PC 2) boot from imaging CD 3) restore old image to new drive
That's all there is to it (apart from that I might wind up with a smaller-than-optimal partition)? Thanks again, -Scott On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Alex Austin <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know about TrueImage, but if it restores the image on the larger > disk in its original size, you can expand it using a gparted livecd. > > On May 22, 2012 9:40 AM, "Scott Matthews" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> A few years back I used Acronis True Image to save a .tib file >> following a clean XP install. >> >> The drive in that XP box is getting a bit funky, and I happen to have >> a newer/better/bigger drive sitting around unused. >> >> Can I simply put that different drive into the XP box, boot from the >> Acronis CD, and restore the .tib image from the other drive? >> >> Thanks for any suggestions, -Scott >> _______________________________________________ >> Thinkpad mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
