Vista image restore from a 500gb to a 1T F1 drive?

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Guys

I currently have a 500gb with a 100gb OS partition

I'm planning on buying a Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB so would I be able to boot off the 1T and point the recovery to the image file on the old 500gb (there would be nothing else except the image file on the old 500gb at this time) and splat the image back?

Not sure if it won't like it unless I partition off 100gb of the 1T before hand?

Or could I just build the image back and partition with Vista partition program??
 
you can restore it to the 1tb no problem

this is what i'd do..

disable system restore (to remove them for now)
run ccleaner slim (to remove temp files)
defrag

create image

restore image to new drive
use gparted to resize the partition on the disc

it's more versatile than the vista partition manager :)
 
he wants to resize the partition after

better off removing the crap from the image first, will be much quicker to copy then
 
bledd. said:
you can restore it to the 1tb no problem

this is what i'd do..

disable system restore (to remove them for now)
run ccleaner slim (to remove temp files)
defrag

create image

restore image to new drive
use gparted to resize the partition on the disc

it's more versatile than the vista partition manager :)
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Hey bledd

I made a fresh image with all updates and all temp stuff remove when I did a build about 2 months ago so the image I have is ready to rock!

I'll take a look at gparted now though :) thanks mate
 
Was going to get another 500gb but I may as well flog my current 500 as it still has 2 years warranty and get a Samsung F1 as they seem to perform well and have rakes of space!
 
There is an Acronis tool on a 15 day free trial that allows you to MIgrate a system from one disk to another and resize partitions at the same time

Acronis Migrate Easy (IIRC)


Very good
 
Guys

If I were to use Acronis would it copy the 100gb/400gb partitions along with all the data to an un-partitioned T1 drive?

Or would I have to manually set partition size, unless Acronis gives you the option to do this at install.
 
It gives you the option to set partition sizes or to copy whole disks and/or partitions. It copies everything.

Literally, I used that tool with an attached External HDD. Switched off, made the external HDD an internal HDD, restarted and that was it. Whole system intact complete with larger partitions and loads more room.
 
Hey tbz_ck

Music to my ear's!!!

I will have a bash tonight... ... Does it affect Vista activation in anyway do you know?

Many thanks ;)
 
OK Acronis is the ******** and it's so easy to use!!!

Take an image, popped it on an external 2.5 drive, create boot CD, boot set partitions and roberts ya fathers brother..........

Very impressed with it..........

Thanks guys!
 
everyone (including me) asks loads of questions (in doubt) before using it


once you've used it, it's so simple :D

having an external drive makes things much easier/quicker
 
The new Samsung F1 is flying.............

Going to take an image and a boot CD and tuck it away for a rainy day as I could
have done with summit like this so many times its not funny.......
 
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