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

[James Lancaster <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 13 July 2003 13:22, you wrote:
> 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.
>

You could do something like dd if=/dev/olddrive of=/dev/newdrive that will 
get everything including the partition table, after that you can run 
something to fix the partition table (As I recall some of them give a 
message: operating system disagrees with partition table, use operating 
system's versionon (or something like that)) parted should work aiirc.

parted can resize etc fat, reiser(?), ext2/3, and a couple others. it can 
always directly copy it over. The filesystem should be alright insofar as it 
isn't resized. look at ntfs-tools.sourceforge.net (or something very similar) 
if you want an ntfs resizer (which has had no reports of screwing up yet!)

Try that and the worst that can happen (assuming you don't mix up olddrive 
and newdrive or something like that) is that you will have to recopy it. 

James L

> --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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