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4 Weeks Ago
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| | Clone a laptop drive I want to clone a laptop drive that's larger in capacity than the one in my laptop. The original has two logical partitions. I have Acronis True Image 11. Reason: If my laptop drive ever goes south, I should just be able to pop the cloned drive in and off we go. I need some detailed guidance on how to do this. |
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| | Re: Clone a laptop drive <rmo555@newsgroup> wrote in message news:hiq6f59b98383upotb0pqur1odnk1nl9qp@newsgroup Quote: >I want to clone a laptop drive that's larger in capacity than the one > in my laptop. The original has two logical partitions. I have Acronis > True Image 11. Reason: If my laptop drive ever goes south, I should > just be able to pop the cloned drive in and off we go. I need some > detailed guidance on how to do this. easy to follow, and you will thank yourself for learning it later on. SC Tom |
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4 Weeks Ago
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| | Re: Clone a laptop drive Am I correct in that all I would have to do is pop in the clone and, with no further ado, I would be all set to go? Also, can I use a larger drive to clone than is in my laptop now? On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:18:43 -0500, "SC Tom" <sc@newsgroup> wrote: Quote: > ><rmo555@newsgroup> wrote in message >news:hiq6f59b98383upotb0pqur1odnk1nl9qp@newsgroup Quote: >>I want to clone a laptop drive that's larger in capacity than the one >> in my laptop. The original has two logical partitions. I have Acronis >> True Image 11. Reason: If my laptop drive ever goes south, I should >> just be able to pop the cloned drive in and off we go. I need some >> detailed guidance on how to do this. >The instructions that come with True Image will walk you through it. It's >easy to follow, and you will thank yourself for learning it later on. > >SC Tom |
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4 Weeks Ago
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| | Re: Clone a laptop drive You can write the image to any size drive you like as long as it is as large or larger than the drive the image was made from. After putting the new drive in (with the old drive out, in case your laptop has slots for more than one), it should boot right up like the old one. You may get the prompt to activate Windows because of new hardware being found. That happened on my Vista machine, but not on my XP one when I upgraded the hard drives. SC Tom <rmo555@newsgroup> wrote in message news:2ut8f59psgbckcgckrqjepep1mdah7jvfq@newsgroup Quote: > Am I correct in that all I would have to do is pop in the clone and, > with no further ado, I would be all set to go? Also, can I use a > larger drive to clone than is in my laptop now? > > On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:18:43 -0500, "SC Tom" <sc@newsgroup> wrote: > Quote: >> >><rmo555@newsgroup> wrote in message >>news:hiq6f59b98383upotb0pqur1odnk1nl9qp@newsgroup Quote: >>>I want to clone a laptop drive that's larger in capacity than the one >>> in my laptop. The original has two logical partitions. I have Acronis >>> True Image 11. Reason: If my laptop drive ever goes south, I should >>> just be able to pop the cloned drive in and off we go. I need some >>> detailed guidance on how to do this. >>The instructions that come with True Image will walk you through it. It's >>easy to follow, and you will thank yourself for learning it later on. >> >>SC Tom |
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| | Re: Clone a laptop drive On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:01:24 -0500, "SC Tom" <sc@newsgroup> wrote: Quote: >You can write the image to any size drive you like as long as it is as large >or larger than the drive the image was made from. After putting the new >drive in (with the old drive out, in case your laptop has slots for more >than one), it should boot right up like the old one. You may get the prompt >to activate Windows because of new hardware being found. That happened on my >Vista machine, but not on my XP one when I upgraded the hard drives. > >SC Tom > I've added new hardware. Quote: > ><rmo555@newsgroup> wrote in message >news:2ut8f59psgbckcgckrqjepep1mdah7jvfq@newsgroup Quote: >> Am I correct in that all I would have to do is pop in the clone and, >> with no further ado, I would be all set to go? Also, can I use a >> larger drive to clone than is in my laptop now? >> >> On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:18:43 -0500, "SC Tom" <sc@newsgroup> wrote: >> Quote: >>> >>><rmo555@newsgroup> wrote in message >>>news:hiq6f59b98383upotb0pqur1odnk1nl9qp@newsgroup >>>>I want to clone a laptop drive that's larger in capacity than the one >>>> in my laptop. The original has two logical partitions. I have Acronis >>>> True Image 11. Reason: If my laptop drive ever goes south, I should >>>> just be able to pop the cloned drive in and off we go. I need some >>>> detailed guidance on how to do this. >>> >>>The instructions that come with True Image will walk you through it. It's >>>easy to follow, and you will thank yourself for learning it later on. >>> >>>SC Tom |
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| | Re: Clone a laptop drive You shouldn't have any problem with it. The activation goes on line to do it. <rmo555@newsgroup> wrote in message news:gh39f5tmn8472e6fuav6u36ubhmvu755bn@newsgroup Quote: > On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:01:24 -0500, "SC Tom" <sc@newsgroup> wrote: > Quote: >>You can write the image to any size drive you like as long as it is as >>large >>or larger than the drive the image was made from. After putting the new >>drive in (with the old drive out, in case your laptop has slots for more >>than one), it should boot right up like the old one. You may get the >>prompt >>to activate Windows because of new hardware being found. That happened on >>my >>Vista machine, but not on my XP one when I upgraded the hard drives. >> >>SC Tom >> > I've added new hardware. Quote: >> >><rmo555@newsgroup> wrote in message >>news:2ut8f59psgbckcgckrqjepep1mdah7jvfq@newsgroup Quote: >>> Am I correct in that all I would have to do is pop in the clone and, >>> with no further ado, I would be all set to go? Also, can I use a >>> larger drive to clone than is in my laptop now? >>> >>> On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:18:43 -0500, "SC Tom" <sc@newsgroup> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>><rmo555@newsgroup> wrote in message >>>>news:hiq6f59b98383upotb0pqur1odnk1nl9qp@newsgroup >>>>>I want to clone a laptop drive that's larger in capacity than the one >>>>> in my laptop. The original has two logical partitions. I have >>>>> Acronis >>>>> True Image 11. Reason: If my laptop drive ever goes south, I should >>>>> just be able to pop the cloned drive in and off we go. I need some >>>>> detailed guidance on how to do this. >>>> >>>>The instructions that come with True Image will walk you through it. >>>>It's >>>>easy to follow, and you will thank yourself for learning it later on. >>>> >>>>SC Tom |
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3 Weeks Ago
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| | Re: Clone a laptop drive Thank you.... On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:13:56 -0500, "SC Tom" <sc@newsgroup> wrote: Quote: >You shouldn't have any problem with it. The activation goes on line to do >it. > > |
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| | Re: Clone a laptop drive You're welcome. . . <rmo555@newsgroup> wrote in message news:t6gbf5lr12sf1la5op8rtc6a6kjaqpmelb@newsgroup Quote: > Thank you.... > > On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:13:56 -0500, "SC Tom" <sc@newsgroup> wrote: > Quote: >>You shouldn't have any problem with it. The activation goes on line to do >>it. >> >> |
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