Overwriting Partitions
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:41 pm
I've been using IFL for many years. This morning, I wanted to do something I don't think I've done before, but I stopped before I created a problem. Here's the situation.
I have a hard drive, drive one, with a 500GB partition and a 1.5TB partition, both NTFS. There is a data drive, drive two, that is 1TB NTFS. I used IFL to image the 1TB drive and to image the 500GB partition to an external USB drive. Next, I loaded the image for the 1TB drive, drive two, to restore it to the 1.5TB partition on drive one. When I got to the final steps, IFL warned me that it would destroy the partitions (plural) on drive one if I proceed with the restore. The destination drive, drive one, showed to partitions. The first partition (500GB) was highlighted. I used the arrow keys to highlight the second partition on drive one, but IFL still warned that it would erase the partitions.
How do I restore the image of the full drive two (1TB) to partition two (1.5TB) on drive one without destroying the first partition (500GB) on drive one?
I have a hard drive, drive one, with a 500GB partition and a 1.5TB partition, both NTFS. There is a data drive, drive two, that is 1TB NTFS. I used IFL to image the 1TB drive and to image the 500GB partition to an external USB drive. Next, I loaded the image for the 1TB drive, drive two, to restore it to the 1.5TB partition on drive one. When I got to the final steps, IFL warned me that it would destroy the partitions (plural) on drive one if I proceed with the restore. The destination drive, drive one, showed to partitions. The first partition (500GB) was highlighted. I used the arrow keys to highlight the second partition on drive one, but IFL still warned that it would erase the partitions.
How do I restore the image of the full drive two (1TB) to partition two (1.5TB) on drive one without destroying the first partition (500GB) on drive one?