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| From | BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.laptops |
| Subject | Re: EFI system partition problem..... |
| Date | 2011-07-29 15:28 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <j0v55c$5je$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 7/28/2011 7:10 PM, Tazz wrote:
> On 28/07/2011 6:44 PM, agodin10@hotmail.com wrote:
>> hi....im using windows 7 ultimate on ibm x61....i want to clone my
>> 80gb hd to 160gb hd......problem is when i look at my hd in disk
>> management i see my C partition with the os and files on... next there
>> is a 32mb EFI partition......when i clone the C partition to my 160gb
>> hd i get the 74.50 gb NTFS C partition and the EFI
>> partition.......then when i go into disk management i cant expand the
>> C partition volume because the EFI partition is blocking it....how do
>> i move or delete this EFI partition...i tried in diskpart but cant see
>> the EFI partition.......thanks for any help.....
>
> What program are you using to clone the disk and who manufactures the
> new drive?
>
> Some manufacturers have their "own" free hdd clone program. WD and
> Seagate come to mind. They are both based on Acronis. I *think* they
> work this way: The free Seagate program will create an image of whatever
> partition on whatever brand drive (it shows all my partitions on all
> four of my various drives) but it will ONLY write the image to a Seagate
> hdd. The same for WD I guess. Check with website of the manufacturer of
> your new drive to see what they offer.
Acronis True Image (has a 15 day trial version available)
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/
Acronis True Image Seagate Edition (DiscWizard)
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/discwizard
Acronis True Image WD Edition
http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&type=download&wdc_lang=en
Paragon DriveBackup Express (free)
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/
XXClone, A New Way of Cloning the Windows System Disk (free)
http://www.xxclone.com/
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Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Thunderbird v3.0
Centrino Core Duo 1.83G - 2GB - Windows XP SP3
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EFI system partition problem..... agodin10@hotmail.com - 2011-07-28 14:44 -0700
Re: EFI system partition problem..... Tazz <dmswaine@gmail.com> - 2011-07-28 21:10 -0300
Re: EFI system partition problem..... agodin10@hotmail.com - 2011-07-29 09:36 -0700
Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-29 12:13 -0500
Re: EFI system partition problem..... wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-07-30 07:18 +0000
Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-29 15:28 -0500
Re: EFI system partition problem..... Bert Hyman <bert@iphouse.com> - 2011-07-29 20:35 +0000
Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-29 17:23 -0500
Re: EFI system partition problem..... Bert Hyman <bert@iphouse.com> - 2011-07-29 23:20 +0000
Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-29 18:53 -0500
Re: EFI system partition problem..... "olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> - 2011-07-30 04:48 -0400
Re: EFI system partition problem..... "olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> - 2011-07-30 09:05 -0400
Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-30 11:42 -0500
Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-30 11:42 -0500
Re: EFI system partition problem..... "olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> - 2011-07-30 13:33 -0400
Re: EFI system partition problem..... BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2011-07-30 13:43 -0500
Re: EFI system partition problem..... "Esra Sdrawkcab" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2011-07-31 19:57 +0100
Re: EFI system partition problem..... wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2011-07-31 23:01 +0000
Re: EFI system partition problem..... "~misfit~" <sore_n_happy@nospamyahoo.com.au> - 2011-08-03 12:01 +1200
Re: EFI system partition problem..... "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2011-08-02 08:55 -0500
Re: EFI system partition problem..... "RnR" <rnrtexas@gmail.com> - 2011-08-02 08:57 -0500
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