Re: [Thinkpad] new T43, Acronis, partitions and Access IBM

You could simply shrink the C partition and create the D partition you
desire.

Partition Magic, for one, will accomplish that nicely. Acronis has Disk
Director for the same purpose.
No need to image the drive when a real time resizer will do the job.

On the other hand, and since you asked, I have used the "wipe, reload and
install only what I want" method many times.
I prefer that, as it leaves behind no traces of the offending items I didn't
like in the first place.
Why bother with cleaning the registry of a brand spanking new unit once you
get it set up, to rid yourself of every stub created by software you hhve
removed?

Start fresh and you have the perfect template. Use the IBM software
installed to get the balance of the utilities you prefer. That is a great
tool. Access Connections is one I couldn't live without.
If the load from scratch method is what you select, be sure to only use
hardware drivers from IBM, never the ones offered by MS Windows Update.
Trust me on that.

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "ken green" <kg@thegoat.net>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 3:07 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] new T43, Acronis, partitions and Access IBM

> So I received my new T43 last night and promptly had a problem during
> setup. I think it was me pressing the Access IBM button before XP had
> finished its initial install.
>
> Anyway, I did a complete IBM system restore (man, that takes a long
> time!) and all seems fine now.
>
> But I have a question: for years, the first thing I did with a new
> computer was wipe it clean, partition the drive and perform a clean OS
> install. This was mostly because I wanted to get rid of the crap usually
> installed on machines and I preferred keeping data on D:, programs and
> OS files on C: (I know some people go even further, separating OS,
> programs and data files). I used Ghost for years, but recently switch to
> Acronis True Image (far better solution these days, IMO).
>
> I have read here that the software that comes with ThinkPads isn't bad -
> and I'm definitely interested in using/keeping the Access IBM or (Think
> Access or whatever the name is) stuff. I want to use the utility for
> managing network connections for instance.
>
> So here's my problem: If I want to create separate partitions (C and D),
> is the best way to do this to create an image of my current (factory) C
> drive, wipe everything, partition the drives (using XP install), then go
> back and put the factory C image on the new, smaller C partition?
>
> Is this the easiest/best way to retain the utilities while also creating
> a D: partition?
>
> Can I download all of the IBM utilities and do a clean install? Do other
> people do this? I don't really want the Norton stuff on my laptop, but
> that's the only one that I'd probably get rid of. It's almost not worth
> the trouble of a complete install and separate setup of all the
> utilities to get rid of one program.
>
> For the record, I use D for all data files (ex: MyDocs, /localhost,
> etc.) and backup D: regularly (using SyncBack). I then use Acronis to
> create images of C: after software installs and hardware changes.
>
> This is what works for me. However, I'm open to other people's
> strategies/advice/etc. and would appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Ken Green
>
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