2.5" HDD cloning - HELP!

rockuman_ex · 23rd November 2008, 3:21 PM

So i bought a larger drive (80G) for my aging laptop (60G).

what i'm trying to do now is to clone the 60G (which is partitioned into 2 drives - 20G and 40G) to my new 80G.

what is the best method to do this?

i do have a spare external USB case for the drive.

i wish to transfer/cloned the 20G partition to the new drive and make the other partition to fill the rest of the drive space (60G).

any help?

thanks

Falls · 24th November 2008, 4:59 AM

Use Acronis true image .Having different sized hdd is no issue , eg , i went from 120 gb to 100gb.

F.

rockuman_ex · 24th November 2008, 9:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Falls

Use Acronis true image .Having different sized hdd is no issue , eg , i went from 120 gb to 100gb.

F.

that's what i'll be using, but i encountered another problem.
i put in the 60g drive into my external case but vista doesn't detect it. is it because the drive has 2 partitions?

the external case works fine with my 80g.

silverbullet · 10th December 2008, 8:43 PM

It should'nt but it may need additional power from the rather than the 5v off the usb.

24th November 2008, 4:59 AM	#2
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10th December 2008, 8:43 PM	#4
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