On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 13:17:24 -0800, seeker5528 wrote:
> On 11/23/2014 12:03 PM, Doug wrote:
>> Yes, grub can boot Windows _just fine_ if Windows is bootable. Windows
>> wants to be "activated" and I found that GParted's activation does not
>> suffice.That's why I mentioned obtaining a program to a
Hendrik Boom a écrit :
>
> The laptop now uses MBR partitions. Since the new drive is only 2T, I
> don't expect to need GPT. Thanks for the details, though I won't need to
> worry about these until my *next* hard disk enlargement. And ... will
> Windows XP know what to do with GPT?
Windows
On 11/23/2014 12:03 PM, Doug wrote:
Yes, grub can boot Windows _just fine_ if Windows is bootable. Windows
wants
to be "activated" and I found that GParted's activation does not
suffice.That's
why I mentioned obtaining a program to activate Windows. If you only have
one computer, you should ge
On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 03:03:53PM -0500, Doug wrote:
> On 11/22/2014 11:38 PM, Joel Roth wrote:
> >Grub can boot Windows just fine.
> Yes, grub can boot Windows _just fine_ if Windows is bootable. Windows wants
> to be "activated" and I found that GParted's activation does not
> suffice.That's
>
On 11/22/2014 11:38 PM, Joel Roth wrote:
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 11:29:20PM +, Hendrik Boom wrote:
/snip/
If you use UUIDs instead of /dev/sd??, you avoid the
issue of locations changing.
If the new /dev/sda drive has GRUB in the MBR, I believe
you should be able to boot from the comma
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:38:41 -1000, Joel Roth wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 11:29:20PM +, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>> I have a laptop (an old Asus EEEPC), and I need to replace its only
>> disk drive with a larger one. The hardware aspects are easy -- keep
>> static electricity away and use a s
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:14:25 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Pascal Hambourg a écrit :
>> Hendrik Boom a écrit :
>>
>>> Unless the MBR or something related to it contains information about
>>> the size of the entire disk, which will now be wrong.
>>
>> 2) If Windows boots from UEFI, I suppose th
Pascal Hambourg a écrit :
> Hendrik Boom a écrit :
>
>> Unless the MBR or something related to it contains information about the
>> size of the entire disk, which will now be wrong.
>
> 2) If Windows boots from UEFI, I suppose that the original disk
> partition table is in the GPT format. This f
Hendrik Boom a écrit :
> On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:45:38 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>
>> Gary Dale a écrit :
>>> Have you considered getting a USB case for your new drive and doing dd
>>> from your current drive to the new one? Afterward you can install the
>>> new drive then boot from gparted/res
On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 11:29:20PM +, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> I have a laptop (an old Asus EEEPC), and I need to replace its only disk
> drive with a larger one. The hardware aspects are easy -- keep static
> electricity away and use a screwdriver. I have the new drive on my desk
> already.
On 22/11/14 11:04 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:45:38 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
Gary Dale a écrit :
On 22/11/14 06:29 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
And it's not hard to copy the file systems, either. I can temporarily
access the new drive using a USB adaptor. fdisk and the lv
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 00:45:38 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Gary Dale a écrit :
>> On 22/11/14 06:29 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>>>
>>> And it's not hard to copy the file systems, either. I can temporarily
>>> access the new drive using a USB adaptor. fdisk and the lvm utilities
>>> will create th
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 19:04:52 -0500, Doug wrote:
...
>
>
> You may find that Windows won't boot. There are a number of ways to fix
> that. If you have a "real" install disk, I think that will work. Or
> Google for "Windows won't boot after copy," or something like that.
> There are a couple of fre
On 11/22/2014 06:34 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:29:20 +, Hendrik Boom wrote:
I have a laptop (an old Asus EEEPC), and I need to replace its only disk
drive with a larger one. The hardware aspects are easy -- keep static
electricity away and use a screwdriver. I have the
Gary Dale a écrit :
> On 22/11/14 06:29 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>>
>> And it's not hard to copy the file systems, either. I can temporarily
>> access the new drive using a USB adaptor. fdisk and the lvm utilities
>> will create the new partitions and then I copy, using dd or rsync or tar/
[...]
On Sat, 22 Nov 2014 23:29:20 +, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> I have a laptop (an old Asus EEEPC), and I need to replace its only disk
> drive with a larger one. The hardware aspects are easy -- keep static
> electricity away and use a screwdriver. I have the new drive on my desk
> already.
>
> And
On 22/11/14 06:29 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
I have a laptop (an old Asus EEEPC), and I need to replace its only disk
drive with a larger one. The hardware aspects are easy -- keep static
electricity away and use a screwdriver. I have the new drive on my desk
already.
And it's not hard to copy th
I have a laptop (an old Asus EEEPC), and I need to replace its only disk
drive with a larger one. The hardware aspects are easy -- keep static
electricity away and use a screwdriver. I have the new drive on my desk
already.
And it's not hard to copy the file systems, either. I can temporaril
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