From: Douglas Smith 

I believe so as I remember from the docs.  Usually when I copy a disk to a
larger disk, I size the partitions on the new disk with Partition Magic and
then copy with Ghost or True Image.

 - Doug.


In article ,
STOPtechieSPAMpunditNOW{at}STOPfutureSPAMpundit.comNOW says...
> Doug,
>
> When restoring to a new disk does it provide the option of setting partition
sizes on
> the new target disk?
>
> Douglas Smith wrote:
> > Look at Acronis True Image (www.acronis.com).  The install will create a
> > boot CD.   It also supports NT SP6.
> >
> >  - Doug.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In article ,
> > STOPtechieSPAMpunditNOW{at}STOPfutureSPAMpundit.comNOW says...
> >
> >>I want to duplicate my hard drive which has 3 partitions onto
a much bigger
hard
> >>drive. I can't run the latest version of Symantec Ghost since
it does not
have NT
> >>listed as supported. DriveImage is no longer sold since Symantic bought
PowerQuest.
> >>
> >>Here is what I'd ideally like to do:
> >>
> >>1) Buy a new big EIDE hard drive.
> >>
> >>2) Install the new EIDE hard drive as the second hard drive on an NT
machine.
> >>
> >>3) Create 3 partitions on it that are bigger than the existing 3 on the
existing hard
> >>drive.
> >>
> >>4) Copy the 3 partitions (including the stuff that makes it bootable) to
the new hard
> >>drive.
> >>
> >>5) Remove the old hard drive.
> >>
> >>6) Make the new hard drive into the master.
> >>
> >>7) Reboot into NT.
> >>
> >>Alternative: Backup onto CD and restore from CD to a new hard drive.
> >>
> >>1) Run software that backs up onto CD.
> >>    This software has got to know how to tell the CD to run at a slower
speed because
> >>it is my experience that this CD writer does not keep up if
going at full
speed.
> >>
> >>2) Take out the old hard drive.
> >>
> >>3) Put in the new hard drive.
> >>
> >>4) Boot off a floppy or CD to run the restore software.

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