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Dell hard drive partitions
I would like to upgrade to a larger hard drive. I am planning on using DriveImage XML to copy my current partition to the new drive. My problem is that Dell put 2 extra partitions on the physical drive. One is 32 MB and the other is 3.62 GB (neither are assigned a drive letter). If I copy JUST the C: partition to the new drive, will the drive boot properly or are the other partitions required?
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I dont think that can boot properly if you just clone the C. You should copy disk to disk. Those partitions are hidden partitions.
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Further I would suggest you COPY the partition to the new drive and then expand it to the full size. The image may not give you a bootable partition.
My shop does these on dells quite a bit.
My shop does these on dells quite a bit.
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You could also take it one step further make a restore patition of your own about say 10GB give or take depending on preferences and so forth, then image as how garycase mentioned get rid of all the crudware that dell preinstalls update everything configure how you want it then make an image of it and put that over to the other partition you can then make that your own personal restore partition.
a list of utilities that can do this are here
http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml
a list of utilities that can do this are here
http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml
It must boot. As far as I know Dell locates service directory in 32MB partition and keeps backups in 3.2GB partition from which it can roll back when needed.
Use Drive Copy 8.5 tool for this purpose.
Use Drive Copy 8.5 tool for this purpose.
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