It depends on which software you use.  Most partition imaging type software
will record the partition sizes and leave the rest of the space as unused
and unpartitioned.  The vendor's installation software will transfer the
data and allow you to choose your partition sizes.  The vendor software
tends to work only on their brand of drives.  If you are installing a WD
drive then you need to use WD's software.

Ron Jobe


On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:13 PM, g.Computer9f <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> So you don't think it matters that the system image I restore onto the
> unformatted, unpartitioned WD 320GB will still think that it is on a 120GB
> Seagate drive?   --AnnaSummers
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hugh Vandervoort
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 12:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Changing primary (system) hard drive & drive imaging
>
>
> Wow!
> I think you're working way too hard when you have an image program
> available, but different strokes, as they say.
> I just image weekly and keep copies of the stuff I deem important.
> Anyhoo, you're making the whole thing harder than necessary.
> Install the new drive.
> Restore the image and you're done with that part. No partitioning, no
> formatting is necessary. You'll have an exact copy of the image on a
> partition of the same size. XP is indifferent to size as long as your
> motherboard supports LBA.
> If you just had a single partition, you'd be completely finished.
> Boot to the new drive and add partitions as needed.
>
> Copy your data where you want it at this point.
> Depending on what you use your computer for, Linux is ready for you now.
> I have Ubuntu on a desktop and a netbook, and there's nothing I can't do,
> including web site design, image manipulation, audio and video processing
> and all the usual suspects.
>
>
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