9/11 I've got a Windows 2000 machine with a 10GB disk. I've got
a new fast 80GB disk, and I'd like to copy the whole
windows installation from one disk to the other.
Any recommendations on how to do this?
Is linux fdisk and dd the right solution?
\_ WooOOOOooooOOOooo!!! Use GhoooOOOooooOOoost!!!
\_ Norton Ghost is the way to go ... Is it happy with all-NTFS yet?
the version I've got can copy NTFS to and from FAT32 but not NTFS,
since it's running on DOS. I only mention this because I think FAT32
conks out at 32 Gb? Someone please correct ...
\_ FAT32 does not conk out at 32GB, however, W2k conks out trying
to create FAT32 >32GB. It's not a limitation of FAT32, but a
W2k bug. You can create FAT32 partition greater than 32GB even
with FreeBSD. W2k will read it just fine, too. It just can't
create it. Talk about software quality control.
\_ Most versions of Ghost should handle it just fine, using
disk-to-disk. It can't put the image file (*.gho) onto an NTFS
partition, but it can restore the image to an NTFS partition.
I believe linux "dd" might also be a solution (say, using a Knoppix
live CD and dup'ing disk to disk). But I've never tried it.
\_ FAT16 conks out at 2GB...
\_ the current disk has one 10GB NTFS partition. -op
\_ Then ghost disk-to-disk is your best bet. |