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Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone?

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: What partitions to copy in creating bootable clone?
Date	2012-01-04 12:46 +1100
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AndyHancock wrote

> I have a Toshiba Satellite A660 running Windows 7 Professional 64-
> bit.  From surfing forum threads, it seems that Toshiba has a unique
> way of partitioning up the HDD for a notebook.  From Disk Management
> and PowerQuest Partition Table Editor, my 640GB HDD has 4 partitions:

>   Partition 1: Windows RE, 1.46 GB
>    * "Active", likely contains boot info
>    * Not large enough to contain Windows 7 image
>    * Actual Windows 7 image likely in partition 3 or 4

>   Partition 2: 559.5 GB NTFS C-drive

>   Partition 3: 22.37 GB Hidden Installed File Systems

>   Partition 4: 12.83 GB Hidden Installed File Systems

> The closest that I could find to a description of partitions 1,3,4 is
> http://forums.techguy.org/windows-vista/619983-solved-mystery-partition-toshiba-notebook.html
> for a VISTA system in 2007.  Partition 1 is likely for booting.
> Partitions 3 and 4 contain some sort of recovery files for alternate languages.

> Though I will ask Tech Support about the partitions, I don't expect
> them to know.  Even if they do, it is on the phone, which leaves me no
> documentation.

> 1) I was wondering if anyone can confirm (or point to online
> documentation that confirms) the above suspicions of the purposes and
> contents of the partitions?

> 2) Furthermore, how can I tell which of partition 3 and 4 contain the recovery
> files for the language of the installed Windows 7, which is English?

> 3) Finally, I intend to clone all partitions except the one containing
> the unused language recovery files.  This will be my first crack at
> cloning or handling partitions in anyway (never done an image).  Is
> this plan sane?

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

> The intent is for the cloned HDD to be a complete bootable
> drop-in replacement for the source HDD in its entirety.

So it makes more sense to clone it completely.

> I will be using Norton Ghost.

I'd use Acronis True Image myself.

> At this point, I am not interested in creating recoverable
> images, though I might explore that down the road.

Thread

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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