>From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Daniel B. Thurman >Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 4:02 PM >To: Michael D. Setzer II; For users of Fedora Core releases >Subject: RE: M$ question [OFF TOPIC] > > >>From: Michael D. Setzer II [mailto:mikes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] >>Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 11:20 AM >>To: Daniel B. Thurman; For users of Fedora Core releases >>Subject: Re: M$ question [OFF TOPIC] >> >> >>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>Hash: SHA1 >> >>On 22 Feb 2006 at 8:21, Daniel B. Thurman wrote: >> >>Date sent: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:21:11 -0800 >>From: "Daniel B. Thurman" <dant@xxxxxxxxx> >>To: "For users of Fedora Core releases >>(E-mail)" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >>Subject: M$ question [OFF TOPIC] >>Send reply to: For users of Fedora Core releases >><fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> <mailto:fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe> >> <mailto:fedora-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe> >> >>> >>> Sorry Folks, >>> >>> I know this is a fedora group (I have fedora systems too) and >>> I hope some of you are tolerant of *gasp* windoes. >>> >>> I am desperate so I need to ask if anyone had any experience >>> in trying to create/copy the entire M$ windows OS (win2k pro) from >>> a main (old) drive to a new (bigger) drive successfully? I >am trying >>> to get off of an old drive, transfer the contents of the old >>to a newer >>> drive and remove the old drive. I cannot get windows to >boot off the >>> new drive. >>> >>> Here is what I tried to do: >>> >>> 1) Use Maxtor's disk utility: >>> >>> a) Created 3 partitions; 36GB, 50GB, 50GB (from a 200GB HD) and >>> was forced to keep total # of space used to <= 137GB due to >>> the fact my old system does not support it (BIOS and >>MS 2000Pro) >>> >>> b) Used partition to partition copy >>> >>> Results: booting on the new drive worked however had a >>problem with >>> missing pagefile.sys - and the fact that explorer will >>not run no matter >>> what user you log in as. Followed everything to restore >>pagefile.sys >>> but does not solve problem with user login (refuses to >>bring up the >>> user's profile / run explorer - but otherwise allows >>login to work but >>> limited context) >>> >>> 2) Used Norton's ghost 2002 >>> >>> This works well however ghost does not recogize specific >>partition >>> pre-created on the destination drive and wants to claim >the whole >>> drive. I was not given any choice to choose the >>specific destination >>> partition desired and it wants a NEW parition EVERY TIME. >>> >>> 3) Used M$'s own backup/restore program (lite version of >Backup Exec) >>> and it pretty much useless while you are running in >>windows as most >>> critical files are NOT backed up successfully due to >>open files. A restore >>> does not create a full and perfect copy of the drive >>being backed up. >>> Pretty useless so it seems. >>> >>> Any suggestions are appreciated! >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Dan >>> >> >>In addition to some of the other comments already, what is the bios >>configuration of the drive? I've worked with G4L (ghost for > >BIOS configuration of the drive? You lost me here! :-( > >>linux), and when >>moving to a larger drive it is usually critical that the >>number of heads and >>sectors per track need to be the same when moving to a larger >>drive. The >>number of total tracks can be greater. I just imaged a 40GB >drive to a >>250GB drive, and then took the free space to make another partition > >Going from 20GB to 200(137)GB drive > >>afterwards. I found that Norton would not recognize newer >>linux partitions, >>so they could only be copied using the sector mode. >> >>Is the Maxtor software loading a special program to get around >>the bios like >>ontrack, which might be why ghost doesn't see the other >>partitions correctly? > >I specifically have a MAXTOR Ultra-Series DiamondMax, 200GB, >8MB buffer, 7200 RPM hard drive that Staples.com promo sold >this week for < $40.00. The kit provides "MaxBlast v4.0" >software for formatting and partitioning of these drives and >yes, they install the ontrack stuff on the drive but you can >opt not to allow it to be installed but I did not choose that >option so maybe that is why Ghost gets confused. I will try >that again and let you know if this was/is the problem. > Removing the offending MAXTOR DDO(?) allowed Ghost to do the parition to partition copy and the drive boots! The only downside I encountered was that I had to disconnect/reconnect to the domain controller and re-setup the users for this disk. Thanks for responding, Dan >>Have you looked to see if a BIOS upgrade is available for the >>machine to >>support the larger drivers. > >Apparently, I have the latest BIOS version installed and it >supports LBA (32) but I dont have an ATA 133 IDE chip so >therein lies the problem with the Motherboard. There is >also no guarantee that if I buy the Maxtor ATA 133 card >that the BIOS would even allow this drive to be bootable >off the card. That is is why it is not an option for me >as I tried this once and I returned 5 different ATA 133 >cards due to the boot issue so I did not want to take this >route again. > >Thanks for responding! >Dan > >>+----------------------------------------------------------+ >> Michael D. 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