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From: MJMIII on 29 Jan 2010 14:48 XPS/Dimension 630i. This came with a 600GB HDD and I added a 1.5TB HDD. The 600 came with Vista and I created a 100GB partition on the 1.5TB for Windows 7. I now want to place 7 on the 600GB and move Vista to the 100GB partition. I've imaged both the 600GB and 100GB separately using Acronis. Can I use the Windows 7 image and restore it to the 600GB HDD and vise versa? -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you."
From: Brian K on 29 Jan 2010 17:55 "MJMIII" <balrog(a)castaway.net> wrote in message news:kqednXa8B-Adpv7WnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > XPS/Dimension 630i. > This came with a 600GB HDD and I added a 1.5TB HDD. The 600 came with > Vista and I created a 100GB partition on the 1.5TB for Windows 7. I now > want to place 7 on the 600GB and move Vista to the 100GB partition. I've > imaged both the 600GB and 100GB separately using Acronis. Can I use the > Windows 7 image and restore it to the 600GB HDD and vise versa? > How large is the Vista partition on your 600 GB HD? Ideally it should be 100 GB or you may have trouble restoring the image to the 100 GB partition on the larger HD. When you installed Win7, did you have the smaller HD connected? What boot manager are you using? The Microsoft one? If so you will have shared boot files which could complicate matters.
From: MJMIII on 29 Jan 2010 18:58 inline -- "Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you." "Brian K" <remove_this(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:AHJ8n.4296$pv.838(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > > "MJMIII" <balrog(a)castaway.net> wrote in message > news:kqednXa8B-Adpv7WnZ2dnUVZ_rSdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... >> XPS/Dimension 630i. >> This came with a 600GB HDD and I added a 1.5TB HDD. The 600 came with >> Vista and I created a 100GB partition on the 1.5TB for Windows 7. I now >> want to place 7 on the 600GB and move Vista to the 100GB partition. I've >> imaged both the 600GB and 100GB separately using Acronis. Can I use the >> Windows 7 image and restore it to the 600GB HDD and vise versa? >> > > > How large is the Vista partition on your 600 GB HD? Ideally it should be > 100 GB or you may have trouble restoring the image to the 100 GB partition > on the larger HD. Vista occupies the complete drive. > When you installed Win7, did you have the smaller HD connected? Yes. The 600 came with the computer. I installed the 1.5TB a couple weeks later. > What boot manager are you using? The Microsoft one? Yes. > If so you will have shared boot files which could complicate matters. How so?
From: Brian K on 29 Jan 2010 20:25 MJMIII, I avoid the Microsoft boot manager like the plague. See "What's Wrong with the Microsoft Way?"... http://www.goodells.net/multiboot/principles.htm I don't know what will happen when you swap your OSs to the alternate HDs. If you had independent OS it would be a "10 minute job" to do this.
From: Brian K on 30 Jan 2010 00:23
If you want to separate your two OS, here are the instructions. http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/kb/article.php?id=392&pt_sid=729796eef304ad26ee8895879c32041b |