Need help in copying HD using Norton S & R 2

I have Norton S & R 2.0 installed on a Dell Latitude D610. My OS is XP Pro SP2. I want to upgrade my HD from 40Gb to 100Gb. I do not have a way of setting the new HD to make it the slave. I also do not have any cables, the HDs simply plug into a connector, one HD at a time. Can I copy my existing HD to a USB drive & use it to copy to the new HD? If so how do I set the USB drive active (for booting the OS)? Or is there a better way to do this? I would really appreciate any help/advice. Thanks.

Brian_K:

 

Thank you very much for your reply. Yes, there is a 63Mb FAT partition. The rest of the drive is one NTSF partition. Will restoring those partitions leave me with a 100Gb drive with one small FAT partition and one large NTSF partition? I don't want any further partitioning. Thanks again for your reply.

 

Putts

Putts,

 

Make sure your new 100 GB HD is unpartitioned. Restore the 63 MB FAT partition first, without resizing. Then restore the WinXP partition and choose resize to fill the unallocated space.

 

Use these options for the 63 MB partition...

 

Verify recovery point before restore
Check for file system errors after recovery
Partition type Primary
Restore original disk signature
Restore Master Boot Record (MBR)

 

Use these options for WinXP...

 

Verify recovery point before restore
Check for file system errors after recovery
Resize restored drive
Partition type Primary
Set drive active (for booting OS)

 

In summary, the 63 MB partition will be the same size. WinXP will fill the HD.

Brian_K:

 

Once again thank you very much for your help. I don't have the new 100Gb HD yet, its on order. But as soon as I receive it I'll make use of your instructions. I really appreciate the help!!

 

Putts

Putts,

 

When you install the new HD, make sure it is recognized in the BIOS. If you get a message in Ghost to "Initialize" the HD, say "Yes".

Brian_K

 

Thanks for the heads up regarding the new HD being recornized in the BIOS. I'm a rank amateur at this. This will be the first time I have ever upgraded a HD. Needless to say I'm nervous about doing this & will be even more nervous when I receive the new HD & actually start the upgrade process. Thanks again for your advice.

 

Putts

 


Putts wrote:
This will be the first time I have ever upgraded a HD. Needless to say I'm nervous about doing this

 

Putts,

 

We've all been there. It is important to know that you can't "wreck" the new HD. Even if you do 20 wrong things you can just start over again and get it right.

 

I was so proud after my first HD upgrade. You will be proud too.

Brian_K:

 

Thank you very much for your reassurance. Any time I get into something new regarding computers I get nervous. Your reassurance is very helpful. Thanks again.

 

Putts

Brian_K:

 

I hope you get this, I'm not sure how these forums work. My new HD arrived this afternoon so I've been re-reading everything & also testing the SRD, etc. And of course that generated a lot of questions.

 

First, I can't find a way to create an image of the partitions as you suggested. I created a backup and also a recovery point to a USB drive. When I boot up with the SRD I can find the backup & the recovery point, but it isn't obvious as to where the partitions are - I have a 63Mb one & then the rest of the 40Gb drive is on one partition. I didn't poke around too much because my 40Gb drive is still installed. But where will I find the partition info?

 

Also everything is written from the standpoint of recovering an existing HD rather than updating to a different HD. So I am confronted with choices like: Restore My Computer to a time & date when it was working; Recover my files using an existing recovery point; and several other choices which I'm not sure apply & I don't want to waste your time by trying to list them all.

 

I would really appreciate some additional help please.

 

Putts

Putts,

 

My fault. An image is a recovery point. I prefer the term "image". So you probably already have done the two recovery points. One should be 10 to 20 MB. The other should be 20 to 30 GB.

 

I have the S & R userguide. On page 48 it mentions Running a  One Time Backup. Is that what you have done for each partition?

I'd have chosen

Standard compression

Verify recovery point after creation

ignore the Advanced options

 

Let me know if you already have the two recovery points. They will have a .v2i file extension.

 

Not far to go now.

 

Brian_K:

 

Thank you very much for your reply. But I'm getting more & more confused. The backup I made are a C_Drive001.v2i Image File which is 18.9Gb and a GC_D610.sv2i Symantec Recovery Environment File which is 3.09Kb. I wasn't given the choice of running a backup for each of the 2 partitions on my C: drive. While I wait for a reply from you I guess I'm going to have to read thru the Userguide - Chapter 4 "Backing up your data".

 

Putts

 


Putts wrote:
The backup I made are a C_Drive001.v2i Image File which is 18.9Gb and a GC_D610.sv2i Symantec Recovery Environment File which is 3.09Kb

 

Putts,

 

The C_Drive001.v2 is the only file of interest to us. You can forget the other (it is an index file).

 

OK. Open S & R. Choose Running a  One Time Backup again. On the window showing the drives to backup, check Show Hidden Drives. Now you should be able to see your 63 MB Dell Utility partition. Create a backup of this partition and get back to us. Not too far to go now.

I have Norton S & R 2.0 installed on a Dell Latitude D610. My OS is XP Pro SP2. I want to upgrade my HD from 40Gb to 100Gb. I do not have a way of setting the new HD to make it the slave. I also do not have any cables, the HDs simply plug into a connector, one HD at a time. Can I copy my existing HD to a USB drive & use it to copy to the new HD? If so how do I set the USB drive active (for booting the OS)? Or is there a better way to do this? I would really appreciate any help/advice. Thanks.

Brian_K:

 

Thanks for your reply. But things seem to be getting worse. I made a One Time Backup of both my C: drive & the Dell Utility Partition. Then I installed the new 100Gb HD & booted it up with the SRD. But when I try Recovering my computer it shows both of those backups as being invalid even tho when I created them I chose to verify the backup.

 

Also this new 100Gb drive - it shows up as Boot - when I look at it using the Analyze Tab & then Explore My Computer it has various folders on it that seem to belong to MS Windows. The folders are: Documents & Setting; Program Files; Program Data; Symantec; Users; Windows. In addition there are a couple of files.

 

I'm completely lost.

 

Putts

 


Putts wrote:
it shows up as Boot - when I look at it using the Analyze Tab & then Explore My Computer it has various folders on it that seem to belong to MS Windows. The folders are: Documents & Setting; Program Files; Program Data; Symantec; Users; Windows.

 

Putts,

 

The Boot partition. Probably X: drive. You are exploring the S & R CD. That was a bit concerning for a while.

 

In Explore My Computer your new HD will probably be called Local Disk and it will have a drive letter. When you click Local Disk in the left pane, the right pane should be blank because the HD is empty.

 

Go back to the Recover tab. Click Recover My Computer, Next. In the View by: choose Filename. Click Browse. Double click Computer. (Local Disk will not be in these windows) Double click your external HD (the drive letter may be different from what it is in WinXP). Find the Dell Utility backup. Select it and click Open. Next. In the Target Drive window I'm not sure whether your new HD will be Disk 1 or 2. Probably 1. You will recognize it because it should be about 93 GB of "Unallocated". Click to select the 93 GB of Unallocated. Next.

 

That's as far as I could go with a S & R CD because I didn't have an S & R image. It should be clear from here, I hope. See here for the options...

 

http://community.norton.com/t5/Other-Norton-Products/Need-help-in-copying-HD-using-Norton-S-amp-R-2/m-p/227641#M22427

 

On the last window, don't tick Reboot when finished. After it is finished restore the WinXP backup using the same method and the options from the above post. When it is finished, disconnect the external HD and restart your computer.

The Boot drive is not the CD; it is the "Recovery Environment". A 32 MB RAM drive (30 MB free).

Brian_K:

 

HOORAY!!! I wanted you to be the first to know that I was successful in upgrading to a 100Gb HD. I really want to thank you for all your help and patience as I went thru numerous cockpit errors. I couldn't have done it without you. Thanks again!! How do I go about giving you kudos for all your help?

 

Putts


Putts wrote:

Brian_K:

 

HOORAY!!! I wanted you to be the first to know that I was successful in upgrading to a 100Gb HD. I really want to thank you for all your help and patience as I went thru numerous cockpit errors. I couldn't have done it without you. Thanks again!! How do I go about giving you kudos for all your help?

 

Putts


Hi Putts

 

Just click on the little star underneath Brian_K"s name.

 


Putts wrote:

 

 

HOORAY!!!


 

Putts,

 

That's what we like to hear. Good work. You must be so proud.

 

Next time will be easy.