[aclug-L] Re: Off Topic - OEM "XP" to new harddrive?

["David E Carmichael" <dec2955@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The main question that I have is could a Linux boot CD be created
that would allow the transfer of the "WindowsXP-Home" OEM [which
has a "Hidden" FAT(16?) partition along with the main NTFS data
partition] harddrive of 60gb be transferred to a 100gb or larger
drive? Leaving the "Hidden" partition at its current size and
only resizing the main data partition.

--David


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Hall" <flimzy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 11:51 AM
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Off Topic - OEM "XP" to new harddrive?


> Here are some things I've found...
>
> g4u (Ghost for Unix):  http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/
>     Has limited support for disks of different sizes (works
best when going
> from small image to larger disk)
>
> CluClo (Cluster Cloner): http://cluclo.sourceforge.net/
>     Seems to be intended for use with Linux filesystems only
(?)
>
> PartImage:
>
http://freshmeat.net/redir/partimage/7631/url_homepage/www.partimage.org
>     Only works when cloning disks of identical sizes.
>
> GNU Parted: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
>     Can create, destroy, resize, check, and copy partitions.
Not sure how
> extensive the "copy" feature is... it may not really act like
ghost.
>
> ZPart:
http://www.bela2.sulinet.hu/blum/rgazda/zpart/Zpart850.htm
>     Looks pretty worthless... looks like it only works with
old/small DOS
> partitions.
>
> Links to many disk utilities:
http://sac-ftp.externet.hu/utildisk9.html
>     Look specifically for image134.zip, a DOS disk image
backup/restore
> utility
>
> Still, none of these are the one I was thinking of... I've
e-mailed James
> Violette, as I think he told me about it originally.  If he's
reading this,
> perhaps he'll do us all a favor and post the link to the list
for us :)
>
> -- Jonathan
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James O. Harms" <joharms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 10:37 AM
> Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Off Topic - OEM "XP" to new harddrive?
>
>
> > Patrick Klee wrote:
> > >
> > > Actually Jon, it's called GNUGhost, http://freshmeat.net or
> > > http://www.google.com/Linux/ will have it.
> >
> > Better check your information, because neither google/linux
or freshmeat
> > list anything called GNUGhost.  Freshmeat does list this:
> >
> > http://freshmeat.net/projects/partimage/?topic_id=142%2C253
> >
> > Partition Image
> >
> > About:
> > Partition Image is a Linux/UNIX utility similar to Symantec's
Ghost.
> > This uility saves partitions in the EXT2, Reiserfs, NTFS,
HPFS, FAT16,
> > and FAT32 file system formats to an image file. The image
file can be
> > compressed with gzip or bzip2 in order to save disk space,
and it can be
> > split in order to fit onto a series of  floppy disks. This
program can
> > be useful for backup purposes. A boot/root disk is  also
provided,
> > allowing you to run Partition Image without Linux installed
on the
> > hard disk.
> >
> > Author:
> > François Dupoux
> >
> > Homepage:  http://www.partimage.org/
> >
> > Comments:  [»] Fantastic
> > by scribbler - Jul 10th 2003 11:23:59
> >
> > Partition Image is a fantastic free alternative to the
commercial Norton
> > Ghost. Using the KNOPPIX live ISO, I was able to fully back
up my
> > Windows hard drive (FAT32), purposely destroy it using
deltree, and
> > fully restore it, without a single hitch  from the program
itself...
> >
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