Restore to a larger partition

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iauerbachva
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Restore to a larger partition

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I want to restore an image of a C: drive to a partition that is now slightly larger than it was when I made the image. Can that be done?
Brian K
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Re: Restore to a larger partition

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Sure. Make sure you use the Resize Partition field on the Options screen otherwise the restored partition will be the same size as when the image was created.
iauerbachva
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Re: Restore to a larger partition

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Brian, thanks very much for your prompt reply. Perhaps you would be kind enough to answer another question. I am running Windows XP. There are two hard drives in the computer. The C: partition is on Drive 0. The image file is on Drive 1. Even so, I get an error message saying that IFW is unable to obtain a lock. Must I use Image for DOS?
DrTeeth
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Re: Restore to a larger partition

Post by DrTeeth »

On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 07:49:29 PST, just as I was about to take a herb,
iauerbachva disturbed my reverie and wrote:

>Even so, I get an error message saying that IFW is unable to obtain a lock. Must I use Image for DOS?

You cannot restore an image to a loaded and working instance of an OS.

You will have to use IfD or IfL.
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Cheers

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