I have a Windows 7 system with a 2TB drive partitioned with 30GB as C: and the rest is D:. I'm installing a 64GB SSD to be C: and I want to clone that 30GB C: partition from the HDD to the SSD and extend it to the full size of the drive. After cloning it, Windows still sees it as a 30GB drive, but when I run the Disk Management program to extend the partition size, in there it says it is already 64GB. It can't be both 30GB and 64GB, what is going on?
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/dev/sda1 (C:) ntfs 100GB 30GB(used, over all 100 GB allocated) boot
/dev/sda2 (__) vfat 15GB 12GB(used) hidden
/dev/sda3 (D:) ntfs ... for data - later /dev/sdb1 (D:) 2TB
You can look for this one with a CD 'gparted live'.
Then I would make a clonezilla 'saveparts' images, 'not savedisk'.
The new partition should be equal or greater then the original partition.
That's the problem. Therefore try
-Optimize your windows partition with Windows-Defrag
e.g. 'ausdiskdefragportable-4.1.0.exe'
(http://www.chip.de/downloads/Disk-Defrag-Portable_39193770.html)
or 'disk3610-defrag-setup.exe'
(http://www.chip.de/downloads/Disk-Defrag_23295464.html)
-Minimize the Windows 7 partition with 'GParted live' (sda1 +sda2 < ~64GB)
-Make a normal Windows 7 test. It's o.k. then continue.
Now you can use clonzilla 'restoreparts' with the option '-r' in the expert mode.
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Good luck!
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I have forgotten: When you have minimized the Windows 7 partition
then make a new clonezilla 'saveparts' images on the old 2TB disk and
then only 'restoreparts' for the 64 GB SSD disk.
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I have a Windows 7 system with a 2TB drive partitioned with 30GB as C: and the rest is D:. I'm installing a 64GB SSD to be C: and I want to clone that 30GB C: partition from the HDD to the SSD and extend it to the full size of the drive. After cloning it, Windows still sees it as a 30GB drive, but when I run the Disk Management program to extend the partition size, in there it says it is already 64GB. It can't be both 30GB and 64GB, what is going on?
I have got a Windows 7 system too with
/dev/sda1 (C:) ntfs 100GB 30GB(used, over all 100 GB allocated) boot
/dev/sda2 (__) vfat 15GB 12GB(used) hidden
/dev/sda3 (D:) ntfs ... for data - later /dev/sdb1 (D:) 2TB
You can look for this one with a CD 'gparted live'.
Then I would make a clonezilla 'saveparts' images, 'not savedisk'.
The new partition should be equal or greater then the original partition.
That's the problem. Therefore try
-Optimize your windows partition with Windows-Defrag
e.g. 'ausdiskdefragportable-4.1.0.exe'
(http://www.chip.de/downloads/Disk-Defrag-Portable_39193770.html)
or 'disk3610-defrag-setup.exe'
(http://www.chip.de/downloads/Disk-Defrag_23295464.html)
-Minimize the Windows 7 partition with 'GParted live' (sda1 +sda2 < ~64GB)
-Make a normal Windows 7 test. It's o.k. then continue.
Now you can use clonzilla 'restoreparts' with the option '-r' in the expert mode.
More Information
in clonzilla help: 'difficulty backing up and restoring a partiti'
Good luck!
I have forgotten: When you have minimized the Windows 7 partition
then make a new clonezilla 'saveparts' images on the old 2TB disk and
then only 'restoreparts' for the 64 GB SSD disk.