FW: [Thinkpad] upgrading T40 hard disk

-----Original Message-----
From: Andre' Blanchard [mailto:amblan57@bellatlantic.net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:23 AM
To: Andrew Wells
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] upgrading T40 hard disk

Greetings:

FWIW: Drive Copy 4.0 (i.e. PowerQuest) and beyond (I assume; I'm not sure
what version they are currently at) handles the copying of hidden partitions
quite well. No Muss on Fuss, selective parition copying as well.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org]On
> Behalf Of Andrew Wells
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:15 AM
> To: 'Matt'
> Cc: thinkpad@stderr.org
> Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] upgrading T40 hard disk
>
>
> Can anything bad happen by unhiding this partition? There is a reboot
> involved in the EZgig process... can the OS try to combine this area
> with the visible area of the drive?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt [mailto:thinkpad@iconnect.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:52 AM
> To: Andrew Wells
> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] upgrading T40 hard disk
>
> You're on the right track. Unhide the service partition, copy the disk,
> re-hide and so on.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Wells" <ajwells@ix.netcom.com>
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 12:57 AM
> Subject: [Thinkpad] upgrading T40 hard disk
>
>
> > I want to upgrade to a new 7200 rpm disc and have EZ Gig 2 set up to
> > clone my T40 disc but realize that I have to unhide the hidden
> recovery
> > partition if I want to clone the whole drive. when you go to change
> the
> > settings in the bios you get a warning that the OS can now access the
> > hidden portion. is this ok to do just for the copying phase? I assume
> > you have to change the settings back on the new drive after you switch
> > it out. anything I'm not prepared for?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Andrew Wells
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