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Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone?

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AndyHancock wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@gmail.com> wrote
>> AndyHancock wrote

>> It makes more sense to just clone it without trying to drop the languages you dont use.
>>  <...snip...>
>> ...it makes more sense to clone it completely.

>>> I will be using Norton Ghost.

>> I'd use Acronis True Image myself.

> Thanks, Rod.  Yeah, it probably doesn't make sense to save a few GB's by
> excluding a partition, since the role of the partitions is guesswork right now.

And its not a very big percentage of the drive, since it rather unlikely
the whole of one partition is used for just the extra languages.

> If you don't mind, I'd like to pick your brain a bit more...

I dont mind at all, thats what these technical groups are about.

> 1) Have you had experience creating multi-partition
> bootable whole-HDD clones using Acronis True Image?

Yes.

> 2) A further wrinkle is that the target HDD is 500 GB, while
> the source HDD is 640 GB.  I will be shrinking the C-drive
> partition so that all 4 partitions fit into the 500 GB target.

Thats fine with TI as long as the 640GB drive doesnt have more
than 500GB of data on it.

> Norton Tech Support says (and their forum participants confirm)
> that Ghost can resize partitions in the cloning process

Yeah, any decent cloner can do that now.

> so that I don't have to mess with partition size adjustments before the clone is
> actually made and tested.  Would you know if Acronis True Image can do this as well?

Yes it can.

> 3) Assuming that the educated guesses about the role of each
> partition is true, will the resulting shifting of partitions 3 and 4
> create a risk that they will not be able to function as intended?

Its possible Toshiba has used a process that depends on the original
sizes being maintained, but you should be fine if you only adjust the
size of the normal partition that the user uses for their data etc.

> What if the purpose is different from what was speculated -- can the
> function of partitions in *general* be disrupted by shifting them around?

Yes, if the software that uses them is so primitive that the physical layout
is assumed rather than deduced by the software at the time they are used.

No risk in testing that tho, clone the drive, do the ops you care about
working on the clone and check that they work fine. Then reclone it
again when its clear it works fine.

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What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-03 14:45 -0800
  Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-04 12:46 +1100
    Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-03 20:11 -0800
      Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-04 17:18 +1100
        Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-05 00:11 -0800
          Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-05 20:32 +1100
            Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-05 11:29 -0800
              Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-06 17:25 +1100
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-06 11:51 -0800
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-07 08:33 +1100
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2012-01-07 18:44 +0000
          Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-01-06 11:42 -0600
            Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-06 11:52 -0800
              Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? Winniethepooh@100acrewoods.net (GMAN) - 2012-01-06 20:28 +0000
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-01-06 14:55 -0600
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-06 22:50 -0800
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? Krypsis <krypsis@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-01-08 01:32 +1100
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-01-07 12:52 -0600
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-08 06:47 +1100
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2012-01-22 08:28 -0600
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-23 05:58 +1100
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2012-01-22 14:17 -0600
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-23 11:23 +1100
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-01-22 17:34 -0800
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2012-01-22 22:09 -0600
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-01-23 04:26 +0000
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-24 05:28 +1100
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2012-01-23 13:55 -0600
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? David Brown <david.brown@removethis.hesbynett.no> - 2012-01-23 22:15 +0100
                Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone? "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2012-01-23 16:07 -0600

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