Transfer recovery partition to new hard drive
I am going to replace a hard drive in a Gateway laptop and it has a recovery partition on the hard drive. This computer came with an OS recovery CD but I would like to restore it to new condition programs and all not just the OS. I have placed the old hard drive in my desktop computer to recover specific files. I went to copy the files from the recovery partition but they are not visible in Windows. How can I copy this partition to my desktop and then to the new hard drive? And is there a way to verify that it copied the partition exactly?
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Do you want to increase the harddrive size by adding a new drive to the laptop?
cloning would be quicker with a program like Norton Ghost ,clone disk to disk and then when that is done you can format the system partition with the recovery disk.
Some recovery disks actually have the option to also create the recovery partition when installing.
cloning would be quicker with a program like Norton Ghost ,clone disk to disk and then when that is done you can format the system partition with the recovery disk.
Some recovery disks actually have the option to also create the recovery partition when installing.
Cam_Man595, you must know that this Recovery CD does contain a bare OS only. After use of it you could enjoy some 30days trials or Gateway software only. All other programs and updates will be deleted.
The easier way is to get rid of this partition and use third party imaging software like Norton Ghost, Paragon Drive Backup 9.0 or Acronis True Image.
Create backup of system partition to external storage, replace the drive and restore from that image.
I use Drive Backup 9.0 for this purposes with its Recovery CD and highly recommend it: www.drive-backup.com
The easier way is to get rid of this partition and use third party imaging software like Norton Ghost, Paragon Drive Backup 9.0 or Acronis True Image.
Create backup of system partition to external storage, replace the drive and restore from that image.
I use Drive Backup 9.0 for this purposes with its Recovery CD and highly recommend it: www.drive-backup.com
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http://www.engadget.com/2005/08/03/hp-settles-hidden-partition-suit/