Yeowzer! That was easy!

[Summo]

Yesterday I was donated an 18GB hard drive (to replace my 6GB and 4GB drives) and a nice Ultra160 SCSI card to go with it. I wanted to use the new drive as a single system and installation partition and really didn't fancy a fresh install of XP and days spent getting it how it was, I also didn't fancy a full restore so I used PowerQuest Drive Image 5.0. Here's the steps I used:

• Install the new SCSI card and drive so Windows knew about them.
• Install DriveImage and made set of bootable disks.
• Booted using them and selected 'Drive to Drive' image, manually setting the size of the new partition to be 18GB, not 6GB.
• Waited 35 minutes.
• Restarted and Windows XP was running exactly as I left it on the new, larger drive

I mention this because it was SO FECKING EASY! The whole process must have taken less than an hour with absolutely no problems. DriveImage even 'hid' my old partition so that the system booted from the new one without me having to remove or reformat the old drive first.

In conclusion, then. If you ever need to upgrade your system disk use DriveImage. It rox0rs verily.

 

[FuZor]

only 18 gigs?

 

[Testin da Cable]

does one need more? 17GB one myself in my workstation

 

[Summo]

I know, I know. 18GB isn't much by today's standards, but bear in mind you paid for yours and my one was free.

Now use the fast 18GB for my system and installations, 6GB for data and 4GB for... not really sure. Has the Temp folder and pagefile on it atm, but who knows what the future has in store...

 

[Wilier]

I have a 15 and a 6 IDE drives, but have just been donated a 12 gig SCSI hdd. Need to get a card now though.
/me nips to ebay.

I will follow your 5 steps to scsi heaven Summo, and will also put money down that mine dosnt go so easily. (IT retard meh)

 

[S-Gray]

Lol yeah, works for him but no one else heh

 

[FuZor]

hehe