I am about to replace 640GB 5400 rpm hdd with 1TB 7200 rpm hybrid drive.
My plan is to use a hardware device I have to clone the hdd.
I expect this will result in an empty partition of say 360GB at the end of new hdd.
The present drive is partitioned thus 20GB/100MB/104GB/472GB
( Recovery / System / C: / D: )
I want to partition the new drive to 20GB/100MB/200GB/rest
i.e. expand C: from 104G to about 200G and then D: will fill the rest.
The present Drive D: contains approx. 260GB of data.
Having cloned the HDD, I plan to create a new 80GB spacer partition (from the 360GB empty) named say G:
The remainder of the 360GB empty partition will be H: (280GB)
Then I will copy contents of D: to H:
Then I will remove partition D: and expand C: to 200GB
The remaining 376GB of what was D: will again be created as new D:
I will then copy H: back to D:
Deleting G; and H: will permit the extension of D:
Mission accomplished.
All this seems relatively straightforward but there is a nagging in the back of my head.
Can anyone see a flaw in my plan? Or is there a better way to do this.
TIA
Len
Replacing laptop HDD
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Re: Replacing laptop HDD
Once the 472 GB is transferred, it will be more time consuming to move
it so the 200 GB partition can exist-as far as I can tell.
Maybe TB has a better suggestion?
Mary
On 11/25/2014 6:40 PM, revver wrote:
> I am about to replace 640GB 5400 rpm hdd with 1TB 7200 rpm hybrid drive.
>
> My plan is to use a hardware device I have to clone the hdd.
> I expect this will result in an empty partition of say 360GB at the end of new hdd.
>
> The present drive is partitioned thus 20GB/100MB/104GB/472GB
> ( Recovery / System / C: / D: )
> I want to partition the new drive to 20GB/100MB/200GB/rest
> i.e. expand C: from 104G to about 200G and then D: will fill the rest.
> The present Drive D: contains approx. 260GB of data.
>
> Having cloned the HDD, I plan to create a new 80GB spacer partition (from the 360GB empty) named say G:
> The remainder of the 360GB empty partition will be H: (280GB)
> Then I will copy contents of D: to H:
> Then I will remove partition D: and expand C: to 200GB
> The remaining 376GB of what was D: will again be created as new D:
> I will then copy H: back to D:
> Deleting G; and H: will permit the extension of D:
> Mission accomplished.
>
> All this seems relatively straightforward but there is a nagging in the back of my head.
>
> Can anyone see a flaw in my plan? Or is there a better way to do this.
>
> TIA
>
> Len
>
>
it so the 200 GB partition can exist-as far as I can tell.
Maybe TB has a better suggestion?
Mary
On 11/25/2014 6:40 PM, revver wrote:
> I am about to replace 640GB 5400 rpm hdd with 1TB 7200 rpm hybrid drive.
>
> My plan is to use a hardware device I have to clone the hdd.
> I expect this will result in an empty partition of say 360GB at the end of new hdd.
>
> The present drive is partitioned thus 20GB/100MB/104GB/472GB
> ( Recovery / System / C: / D: )
> I want to partition the new drive to 20GB/100MB/200GB/rest
> i.e. expand C: from 104G to about 200G and then D: will fill the rest.
> The present Drive D: contains approx. 260GB of data.
>
> Having cloned the HDD, I plan to create a new 80GB spacer partition (from the 360GB empty) named say G:
> The remainder of the 360GB empty partition will be H: (280GB)
> Then I will copy contents of D: to H:
> Then I will remove partition D: and expand C: to 200GB
> The remaining 376GB of what was D: will again be created as new D:
> I will then copy H: back to D:
> Deleting G; and H: will permit the extension of D:
> Mission accomplished.
>
> All this seems relatively straightforward but there is a nagging in the back of my head.
>
> Can anyone see a flaw in my plan? Or is there a better way to do this.
>
> TIA
>
> Len
>
>
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Re: Replacing laptop HDD
why not slide the 472g partition down farther by 96g then expand the 104g to
200g and expand the 472 to the rest?
"MJNelson" wrote in message news:9003@public.tech.misc...
Once the 472 GB is transferred, it will be more time consuming to move
it so the 200 GB partition can exist-as far as I can tell.
Maybe TB has a better suggestion?
Mary
On 11/25/2014 6:40 PM, revver wrote:
> I am about to replace 640GB 5400 rpm hdd with 1TB 7200 rpm hybrid drive.
>
> My plan is to use a hardware device I have to clone the hdd.
> I expect this will result in an empty partition of say 360GB at the end of
> new hdd.
>
> The present drive is partitioned thus 20GB/100MB/104GB/472GB
> ( Recovery / System / C: / D: )
> I want to partition the new drive to 20GB/100MB/200GB/rest
> i.e. expand C: from 104G to about 200G and then D: will fill the rest.
> The present Drive D: contains approx. 260GB of data.
>
> Having cloned the HDD, I plan to create a new 80GB spacer partition (from
> the 360GB empty) named say G:
> The remainder of the 360GB empty partition will be H: (280GB)
> Then I will copy contents of D: to H:
> Then I will remove partition D: and expand C: to 200GB
> The remaining 376GB of what was D: will again be created as new D:
> I will then copy H: back to D:
> Deleting G; and H: will permit the extension of D:
> Mission accomplished.
>
> All this seems relatively straightforward but there is a nagging in the
> back of my head.
>
> Can anyone see a flaw in my plan? Or is there a better way to do this.
>
> TIA
>
> Len
>
>
200g and expand the 472 to the rest?
"MJNelson" wrote in message news:9003@public.tech.misc...
Once the 472 GB is transferred, it will be more time consuming to move
it so the 200 GB partition can exist-as far as I can tell.
Maybe TB has a better suggestion?
Mary
On 11/25/2014 6:40 PM, revver wrote:
> I am about to replace 640GB 5400 rpm hdd with 1TB 7200 rpm hybrid drive.
>
> My plan is to use a hardware device I have to clone the hdd.
> I expect this will result in an empty partition of say 360GB at the end of
> new hdd.
>
> The present drive is partitioned thus 20GB/100MB/104GB/472GB
> ( Recovery / System / C: / D: )
> I want to partition the new drive to 20GB/100MB/200GB/rest
> i.e. expand C: from 104G to about 200G and then D: will fill the rest.
> The present Drive D: contains approx. 260GB of data.
>
> Having cloned the HDD, I plan to create a new 80GB spacer partition (from
> the 360GB empty) named say G:
> The remainder of the 360GB empty partition will be H: (280GB)
> Then I will copy contents of D: to H:
> Then I will remove partition D: and expand C: to 200GB
> The remaining 376GB of what was D: will again be created as new D:
> I will then copy H: back to D:
> Deleting G; and H: will permit the extension of D:
> Mission accomplished.
>
> All this seems relatively straightforward but there is a nagging in the
> back of my head.
>
> Can anyone see a flaw in my plan? Or is there a better way to do this.
>
> TIA
>
> Len
>
>
Re: Replacing laptop HDD
Sorry to take so long responding but I was relying on email notice for replies. I've fixed that now I think.
At first I thought you meant increase spacer partition by 96GB but then I wondered how that would make a difference. I could only see that being worse by moving data to slower part of drive. So I thought again.
I now think you mean that I should move the C:/D: partition boundary by 96GB toward the end of the drive - but how? That would be the simplest solution but that still means moving some data and I don't know how to move an in-use partition.
If I now understand you correctly, can you please point me at some instructions to move in-use partitions.
Thinking further, I guess I could
use IFL to create image of D:,
delete D: partition,
expand C: partition,
recreate D: partition, and
restore D: from image,
and defrag it.
Am I close?
Another question - Defrag hybrids? Good idea?
At first I thought you meant increase spacer partition by 96GB but then I wondered how that would make a difference. I could only see that being worse by moving data to slower part of drive. So I thought again.
I now think you mean that I should move the C:/D: partition boundary by 96GB toward the end of the drive - but how? That would be the simplest solution but that still means moving some data and I don't know how to move an in-use partition.
If I now understand you correctly, can you please point me at some instructions to move in-use partitions.
Thinking further, I guess I could
use IFL to create image of D:,
delete D: partition,
expand C: partition,
recreate D: partition, and
restore D: from image,
and defrag it.
Am I close?
Another question - Defrag hybrids? Good idea?
Re: Replacing laptop HDD
On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 04:25:37 PST, just as I was about to take a herb,
revver disturbed my reverie and wrote:
>Another question - Defrag hybrids? Good idea?
Yes as there is still a hard disk involved.
--
Cheers,
DrT
** You've never known happiness until you're married;
** but by then it is too late.
revver disturbed my reverie and wrote:
>Another question - Defrag hybrids? Good idea?
Yes as there is still a hard disk involved.
--
Cheers,
DrT
** You've never known happiness until you're married;
** but by then it is too late.
Re: Replacing laptop HDD
I found BiBM has a slide function (not in BiNG) so I used that and now I have C: followed by unallocated followed by D: followed by unallocated.
At the end of the slide operation I was offered option to scan partitions for file system errors. Both resulted in #58 error and suggested scandisk.
Scandisk found no errors.
Everything seems ok but I haven't resized either C or D yet.
Is there something I should do first to definitively dismiss the error messages?
Should I defrag C & D before resizing or after resizing?
At the end of the slide operation I was offered option to scan partitions for file system errors. Both resulted in #58 error and suggested scandisk.
Scandisk found no errors.
Everything seems ok but I haven't resized either C or D yet.
Is there something I should do first to definitively dismiss the error messages?
Should I defrag C & D before resizing or after resizing?
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Re: Replacing laptop HDD
resizing has that check before the resize.. Run "chkdsk x: /f" on your
drive, you'll need to reboot for windows to do the check.
"revver" wrote in message news:9014@public.tech.misc...
I found BiBM has a slide function (not in BiNG) so I used that and now I
have C: followed by unallocated followed by D: followed by unallocated.
At the end of the slide operation I was offered option to scan partitions
for file system errors. Both resulted in #58 error and suggested scandisk.
Scandisk found no errors.
Everything seems ok but I haven't resized either C or D yet.
Is there something I should do first to definitively dismiss the error
messages?
Should I defrag C & D before resizing or after resizing?
drive, you'll need to reboot for windows to do the check.
"revver" wrote in message news:9014@public.tech.misc...
I found BiBM has a slide function (not in BiNG) so I used that and now I
have C: followed by unallocated followed by D: followed by unallocated.
At the end of the slide operation I was offered option to scan partitions
for file system errors. Both resulted in #58 error and suggested scandisk.
Scandisk found no errors.
Everything seems ok but I haven't resized either C or D yet.
Is there something I should do first to definitively dismiss the error
messages?
Should I defrag C & D before resizing or after resizing?