Voila! 60 gig becomes a 40 gig

[nemome]

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 partition, like the software said it would do (but didn't). However, it never allowed the reallocation.

I looked under disk management on XP in the thoughts of reformatting it as a 60, but it would seem it would only allow a formatting as a 40 gig.

My Question: How do I reformat it as a 60 Gig, and then use True Image to clone it while keeping the expanded partitions?

 

[Freestone]

Any news,nemome?

And you could have used Partition Magic to delete the partitions but that is not a substitute for zeroing the drive, which ensures you are starting off with a clean slate.

 

[nemome]

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

 

[noobtechie]

Te moritori salutamos¨ Greetings, we die?!?

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[Freestone]

A last salute from your drive?

Thanks for the update. I certainly would like to know if your new drive shows 60GB...

 

[nemome]

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...