TSGL: Moving to a new HD?

[The Computer Whisperer]

Gene,

You cannot convert a primary partition to a secondary partition and then
back to a primary again.

The simplest way to achieve what you want is to clear off all of the files
on the larger hard drive and do a hard drive duplication with one of the
many marvellous programs out there, then you extend the size of the
partition to the full 120GB.

The only real issue you have if you do it this way is where to put the data
on your 180GB HD while the transfer process is taking place.

It may seem a bit daunting at first, it's going to be much easier if you use
a graphic based utility such as paragon partition manager, it displays
things in a way that is easy to understand

Regards,

Justin

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On 10/02/07, Tilman Brandl <arbit at gmx.at> wrote:
>
> Gene,
>
> BooIt NG is pretty good for your purpose, I'm using it since long.
> However, my earlier version was a bit technical in the beginning from what I
> know.
>
> And it's also true: Acronis will make easier doing what you want, and it's
> not much more expensive, if at all. Acronis like BootIt can directly write
> to a DVD since version 10 AFAIK. My own C-system partition fits on a single
> DVD - or at least did so some weeks ago  ;-)
>
> Acronis can btw split an image between more CDs or DVDs if I'm not
> mistaken, no idea whether the latest verions of BootItNG do know that trick.
>
> Tilman
>   -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>   Von: Gene Brown
>   An: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>   Gesendet: Freitag, 09. Februar 2007 01:50
>   Betreff: Re: TSGL: Moving to a new HD?
>
>
>   On Thursday, February 8, 2007, 6:17:11 PM, Ron R. wrote:
>
>   > Download a free 30 day trial of BootIt NG
>
>   Fred Langa recommended that program in his latest newsletter as a
>   backup tool.  From what's on their website, it looks like maybe it
>   will do what I want.  I'll also look at their help forum.  Thanks.
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