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Old March 5th 06, 07:05 PM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Default help on cloning Hard drive to upgrade drive size

Anna wrote:
"robin" wrote:
i am having problems with upgrading disk drive size
in my ibm laptop.

i have 60 gig & a new 100 gig unit i want to fit.

i have used maxblast & norton ghost 2003 to clone
disk drive, all files are bing copied from what i can tell.

however when i put new drive in bay it will not boot up,
just get curser flashing at me, no error message.



"Timothy Daniels" wrote in message
...
You may have neglected to tell Ghost to copy the
Master Boot Record (MBR) over to the new HD.
Ghost will ask you if you want to make the new
partition "active" and whether you want the MBR
copied, too.


*TimDaniels*


Tim:
Note he said he used the Ghost 2003 version so ordinarily he/she
shouldn't be getting any message re the need to copy over the MBR nor
creating an active partition.

robin:
Using your Ghost 2003 program, give it another shot. Here are some
step-by-step instructions for using the Ghost 2003 program to clone
the contents of one HD to another HD. I recently prepared these for a
local computer club. Hopefully, they'll be of some use to you...

Before I provide you (and others who may be interested) with the
detailed instructions involved, let me make the following points.
1. It (nearly) goes without saying, that in order for the cloning
process to be successful, both the source disk (the drive you're
cloning from) and the destination disk (the drive you're cloning to)
must be non-defective and properly connected/configured in your
system. 2. The OS that you're cloning must be free from system files
corruption. ("If you clone garbage, garbage is what you'll get").
3. It is *vital* that you work with the latest version of the Ghost
2003 program. That's the Ghost 2003.793 build. Should you have an
earlier version, you can use Symantec's LiveUpdate feature available
in the Ghost program to download & automatically install that latest
update. 4. We prefer to work with the Ghost 2003 program rather than its
successor Ghost 9 & Ghost 10 programs. For our purposes, we find the
2003 version more straightforward in design, simpler to use, faster
in carrying out its function than the newer versions. And, I might
add, just as effective for the purposes indicated. I want to
emphasize that we use the program solely for the *direct* cloning of
the contents of one HD to another HD. 5. In using the Ghost 2003 program,
our preference is to work with
the Ghost 2003 bootable floppy disk (or on occasion the Ghost 2003
bootable CD). We find that media simpler to use in comparison with
the Windows GUI and we enjoy the portability aspects of using that
media. But, of course, a user is free to work in the Windows GUI
should he or she prefer that environment.


So, here are step-by-step instructions for using the Ghost 2003
program (using a Ghost 2003 bootable floppy disk or bootable CD) to
directly clone the contents of one HD to another HD...


Creating the bootable Ghost floppy disk:
1. Install the Ghost 2003 program on your computer. Make sure you're
using the latest "build" - Ghost 2003.793. If not, use Ghost's
LiveUpdate feature to automatically download the latest version. It's
important that you be using this latest "build".
2. Insert a blank floppy disk (it need not be formatted) and access
your Ghost program.
3. Click on Ghost Utilities.
4. Click on Norton Ghost Boot Wizard.
5. Select Standard Ghost Boot Disk. A dialog box will appear.
a. Select the USB 2.0 Support option (assuming you have that
capability).
b. Select the Assign DOS drive letters option and click Next.
6. Select the Use PC-DOS option.
7. Complete the process following the screen prompts.
8. Remove floppy and label accordingly.


That's it. Now you have a Ghost bootable floppy disk which you can
use to undertake your cloning operations now and in the future. So
now when you want to clone the contents of one HD to another HD you
simply insert the Ghost bootable floppy disk in your floppy drive and
boot up with both drives connected.


BTW, after creating the Ghost bootable floppy disk, you can create a
Ghost bootable CD from it using the Roxio or Nero CD burning
programs, or most other CD burning programs that allow you to create
a bootable CD. Unfortunately I know of no way to *directly* create
this bootable CD from the Ghost program (as you can do, for example,
with the Acronis True Image program).


You can actually, tho its rather non obvious. Just create an image
to CD and dont bother to use the image on the CD. The CD will
be a bootable Ghost 2003. You dont even need to write anything
more than the first CD, no need to write the rest if you just want
a bootable Ghost 2003 CD.

The Ghost 2003 distribution CD is also bootable, but
that doesnt help much if you want to use the latest build.

Here's how to perform the cloning operation...
1. With both drives connected, boot up with the Ghost bootable floppy
(or Ghost bootable CD). You'll get an initial screen that displays
"License agreement warning". Right-arrow (or tab) over to the
"Continue without marking drives" button and press Enter.
2. The "About Norton Ghost" screen appears. Click OK.
3. Right-arrow twice over to the "To Disk" button and press Enter.
4. The next screen will list both your drives - the Drive 1 (source
disk) and Drive 2 (destination disk). MAKE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN Drive 1
IS INDEED YOUR SOURCE DISK, I.E., THE DISK YOU'RE CLONING *FROM*!
Drive 1 will be highlighted. Press Enter.
5. The next screen will have Drive 2 (destination disk) highlighted.
AGAIN, ENSURE THAT Drive 2 IS YOUR DESTINATION DISK, I.E., THE DISK
YOU'RE CLONING *TO*! Press Enter.
6. The next screen is the "Destination Drive Details" window, and
reflects your ultimate destination disk, i.e., your current Drive 2.
Press your Tab key to highlight the OK button and press Enter.
7. The "Proceed with disk clone?" dialog box will open. Left-arrow
over to the Yes button and press Enter.
8. The cloning process will begin. The data transfer speed will vary
depending upon the speed of your processor and the HDs involved. On a
medium to high-powered system you should get transfer speeds ranging
from 800 MB/min to 1.5 GB/min should you be cloning internal drives.
It will be considerably slower if you're cloning to a USB external HD.
9. After you get the "Clone Completed Successfully" message,
left-arrow over to the Continue button and press Enter.
10. Down-arrow to Quit and press Enter.
11. Click Yes at the "Are you sure you want to quit?" message.
12. Remove the Ghost floppy and shut down the computer.
13. Disconnect your source disk and boot up with the cloned drive. In
most cases (but not always), a Windows "Found New Hardware" message
will appear in the Desktop's Notification Area followed by a "System
Settings Change" message window informing you that new hardware has
been found and asks "Do you want to restart your computer now?" Click
Yes. 14. BTW, the reboot of the newly-cloned drive usually takes a longer
time than usual, so one must be patient. On rare occasions the system
will fail to reboot - the system will hang before reaching the
Windows XP Welcome screen. It's a rare occurrence, but you may
experience it from time-to-time. If that does occur, simply use the
Ctrl-Alt-Delete keys to reboot.


Assuming you've cloned the contents of your working drive to your
second internal drive, that second drive will be bootable (after
disconnecting your primary one, of course) as indicated above. You
also have the option of cloning your working drive to a USB external
hard drive. In that case the USB EHD is *not* bootable, but you could
clone the contents back to your internal drive for restoration
purposes should the need arise.


Just one other point I wish to emphasize with respect to the cloning
operation involving internal drives. Immediately following the cloning
operation and the shutdown of your machine, disconnect your source
drive and boot ONLY to the newly-cloned drive (as indicated in step
13. above). DO NOT BOOT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CLONING OPERATION
WITH BOTH DRIVES CONNECTED. Doing so is likely (although not always)
to cause future boot problems with the cloned drive. Obviously there
is no problem in this area should a USBEHD be involved in the cloning
process since that device is not bootable in an XP environment.