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Thank you. O.K. I'll bite, what's PEBKAC?

Oh, I can see the disk just fine. I just can't access the files because it was originally the boot drive. So, files I need are locked behind the XP account "Door." When I try to access my account files in the "Documents and Settings" folder, I get an "access is denied" message.

My XP HOME laptop died. I need files off the drive. I removed the functioning drive and used a USB adaptor to connect it to my desktop. The files I need are stored on the desktop in my password protected account. Since the laptop is dead and I'm accessing the file from a different make and...

We who about to die, salute you!" It's what the gladiators said before joining battle. It's the vodka's fault. -This may not be over. Let's see if they send me the right drive this time...

Well I did the Norton zero. Actually, the trial version of Partition Magic will not let you delete the partitions. Anyway...After all those ridiculous hours working on it...thanks...the vendor is sending me another drive and allowing me to keep this one. Te moritori salutamos

I was trying to run the diagnostic against a USB connection. Read that won't work. So, I'll install the drive in the computer after the zeroing process and run the diagnostics. Cheesy lawfirm: I was walking through Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA when I happen to look up at a window on a...

This zerofilling sure takes a long time. At this rate, It won't be done until tomorrow at some time. I think it is a complete zero fill. It also gives you EvidenceEliminator type options. Anyway. It's a Compaq Presario 2100 with AMD Athlon 2800+

Oh yeah, why would I think it was a real name. Like nemome means I'm Italian or Greek, coincidentally though...anway, I guess it's possible the laptop won't support anything larger. It is a 2002 model, but I believe XP can natively handle up to 120 GB. Herrn Freestone: Is Norton Wipe Info...

Freestone: Was it Freistein at one time? I digress...anyway, I understand regarding True Image. I went through manual mode. On the interface that allows you to adjust the size of the partition, it will not allow me to expand it. The increase arrow is whited out. Unfortunately, that...

Thanks folks. To Freestone: Cloned it from a 40GB.That's exactly what I tried to do with True Image, but even in manual mode it only saw the destination drive as a 40GB. I just tried to do it again manually, and it wouldn't allow me to go beyond the 40 GB limit

Per the label: Hitach Travelstar 60GB ATA/IDE HTS541060G9AT00

Partition Magic won't allow me to expand it. It seems to believe the Disk is only a 40 Gig. It will only allow me to re -partition the current 40 (37) gig.

In a previous posting I asked about cloning, and had a good news, bad news experience. This is the bad: The new 60 gig laptop hard drive, which I cloned using Acronis True Image, was formatted as a 40 gig using the automatic process. I was going to try the cloning process again to expand the...

In the mirroring process, do I have to do any prep work to the new hard drive before I mirror back to it?

Dear Freestone, Does the imaging process allow me to create a bootable, functioning duplicate of my current hard drive that will boot?

Thank you for the posts. Dear Freestone, I think that is the method I originally posted that I wished to attempt. Could you review my initial post for accuracy of process. I have access to a friend's 160 gb external usb hard drive to which I would clone my 40gb and then back to a new 60 gb...

I do have XP. I have access to a laptop, but I am unclear as to the process. The harddrive on the laptop is relatively full. Would I somehow hookup both laptop hard drives to the desktop and clone from one to the other?

I'm planning to swap out my Compaq Presario laptop hard drive. So far, i see it going like this, however, on each step I have questions, so if you could correct my thinking, I'd be thrilled. Else, this puppy's going to the rifle range. 1. Make boot disk for laptop A)I see I can make an msdos...