Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring Dell image to different/larger drive/partition
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Re: [Clonezilla-live] Restoring Dell image to different/larger drive/partition
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From: Steven S. <st...@nc...> - 2010-04-03 02:49:43
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Hi Steve, Steve Poe wrote: > Bill, > > Not a problem. Windows boots fine when the Dell partition is removed. There was two issues at hand: > > 1. Restoring to larger disk proportionally with 1.2.4-28 would not allow the system to boot. No resize restore worked fine. > (yes, Windows was looking at sda2 for booting in this image) > Did you see any error message or warning message when restoring? > 2. Remove Dell partition, save image with 1.2.4.-28. Restore process would break with multiple attempts. > What did you mean by "multiple attempts"? Steven. > - repeat process with earlier Clonezilla and restore process was fine. > > To your point, I did try removing the Dell partition from within fdisk but did not change/edit the win.ini. My bad. > > Thanks. > > Steve > > > On Apr 2, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Bill Gurley wrote: > > >> Steve: >> >> Forgive me if this is obvious, but it's not clear from the thread if you >> are aware of this. >> >> Windows XP has a file in the root directory of C: (it may be a hidden >> file; I can't remember) called boot.ini. That file tells Windows which >> partition that the XP installation is on. If windows was booting from >> the second partition in the original installation and you have now >> removed the Dell utility partition, then maybe it is now needing to boot >> from the first partition. In this case you would need to edit the >> boot.ini file accordingly. >> >> >> >> Steve Poe wrote: >> >>> Steven, >>> >>> Thanks for your input. >>> >>> I did remove the Dell partition while in Windows then confirmed in fdisk that it isn't there. However, I think the root cause is something >>> with the 1.2.4-28 version (maybe partclone) since when I restored it, I would receive a CRC stdin error. I restored the previous image copy >>> I had, saved the image with 1.2.3-37 then it was fine. I still have not tried to expand the newly revised image. >>> >>> Through one of the FAQ documents, I remember how to resize the partition while booting/running Clonezilla, but I really want to use the >>> resize proportionally. >>> >>> A side, but maybe related, question on resizing: Do I need to have the use "'r'" for resize option enabled when using "-k1"? >>> >>> >>> Thanks >>> Steve >>> >>> On Apr 2, 2010, at 1:49 AM, Steven Shiau wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 2010/4/2 上午 01:12, Steve Poe wrote: >>>> >>>>> I am using Clonezilla 1.2.4-28 to clone a Dell E4300 Windows XP laptop. >>>>> I've noticed that there is a hidden partition (sda1 - FAT16) which >>>>> contains the Dell utility. Windows boots from sda2 and we have a data >>>>> directory on sda3. >>>>> The laptop comes with a 160GB. If I insert a 250GB drive and >>>>> proportionally size the drive, the system fails to boot (no blue screen) >>>>> or we get a NTLDR (0xc000000e). >>>>> If I don't do a proportional resize, the image loads fine. >>>>> I don't know of a way to reimage without the Dell partition, outside of >>>>> a complete rebuild, but I cannot expand to a larger disk. >>>>> I have also tried doing a backup of the Windows partition (sda2) and >>>>> force it to sda1 but I've had no luck with that. >>>>> Any thoughts? >>>>> >>>> 1. Do not choose "-k1", let Clonezilla clones the exact partition size >>>> for you. Make sure it can boot, then >>>> 2. Use GParted live (http://gparted.sf.net) to enlarge the partition you >>>> want, and do not touch the hidden partition. >>>> >>>> Steven. >>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> Steve >>>>> >>>>> _ ________________________________ _ >>>>> ****************************************************************** >>>>> DemandTec Email Notice >>>>> >>>>> This email and any attachments may contain confidential and/or proprietary >>>>> information and is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you >>>>> are not >>>>> the intended recipient we request that you notify us via email or >>>>> telephone and >>>>> delete all copies of the message from your systems. 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