I recommend a re-install using the old disk as reference for any software and data you need to migrate. If that really isn't an option then you can probably recover your systems by booting off the XP install CD and using System Recovery to rebuild the boot sector. Once you are bootable you can convert your partition to an Active Disk and use the MS Windows disk management tools to, probably, increase the size of the partition or create a new partition to extend the existing one.
On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Matt Lawrence <m...@technoronin.com> wrote: > I admit that I'm a Unix/Linux kind of guy, so I could use some help here. > > I have a WinXP system that only get used to deal with my iPhone that I am > trying to upgrade the hard drive in. The box (mini-ITX) only has room for > a single notebook drive, but I can connect 2 drives with the cover off. I > am trying to migrate from a 100GB drive to a 1TB drive and I've had > problems with everything I have tried. > > The main issue that I seem to be having is that th 1TB drive uses larger > physical sectors (probably 4K) and Linux fdisk refuses to create partitions > with a starting sector less than 2048 instead of the old standard of 63 > that the 100GB drive has. > > I suucessfully used Clonezilla to copy from the smaller to the larger, but > I haven't been able to increase the partition size or move the starting > sector. > > I have tried to use Parted Magic on the Ultimate Boot CD, but the X > interface doesn't support my USB mouse. Dropping to a text console, I can > run Clonezilla, but I can't relocate or resize the partition from there. > > Following instructions I found online to migrate using some of the EASUS > tools also fails completely, I've never gotten o bootable system. > > I really don't want to do a reinstall and try to migrate things over, > there's just too much magic involved in Windows software for me to have any > confidence. > > Suggestions? Dumping my iPhone and going to Android isn't practical yet. > > -- Matt > It's not what I know that counts. > It's what I can remember in time to use. > ______________________________**_________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/tech<https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech> > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers--
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