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Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: massive88 on January 25, 2010, 03:30:25 pm
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I currently have my Arcade Machine working on a 240 gig drive, with a 30 gig C:\ system partition and a D:\ data partition where all my goodies are set up and working.
Id like to take this drive for another computer, and use a 320 gig drive that I have for this purpose, ideally with the same size C:\ system partition, and a now larger data partition.
Does anyone know of a program or way to create an exact copy of my 240 gig drive, partitions, windows system, and all, on to the new, bigger drive, such that when I swap them out on the mother board, windows will boot up just as it did with the smaller drive?
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I'm pretty sure Clonezilla will work:
http://clonezilla.org/ (http://clonezilla.org/)
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When you install a new hard drive, say your 320 to replace the 240, you're essentially copying the original drive. I believe you'd be able to keep the original intact. I believe you'd have your partitions as needed too. 30/remaining
As always, if possible you'd want to back up the data from the 240 before attempting anything....just in case.
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I had good luck w/ DriveImage XML: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=97163.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=97163.0)
(though I had no partitions...)
-Jason
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Clonezilla worked great, thanks for the tip!
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Acronis all the way. It lets you create partitions.