Post by rolandjs on Nov 4, 2017 21:45:18 GMT -5
Replaced laptop hard-drive and set it up like I want. -- past tense title for an presently on-going project :)
I'm cobbling together the first two beginning posts from my college cafe thread into this thread. This thread, which only exists in one other place, will rise or fall on its own. I hope to gain from the knowledge and experiences of others in this place.
Replaced laptop hard-drive and set it up precisely like I want it set up.
I wanted my hybrid 2TB int HD to have exactly the same partitions, in the same order, with basically the same names as my earlier 1TB HD.
I'm almost finished with getting the job done the way I want it done; even restoring images onto a larger HD had its challenges; by far the most challenging has been to get rid of "volunteer" un-allocated partition(s) "corn" that immediately followed each restore; still working on this.
I will post more details in successive posts -- If anyone is interested in further details. Absolutely feel free to ask questions, make comments; and of course, absolutely add your insights, ideas, practices.
Roughly, what I had and what I want: the following partitions -- System Reserved, S03[xxx]C, S03[xxx]D, and four tiny 250MB partitions for testing my several un-delete/data recovery utilities. Windows 7 Professional, MBR-headed HD.
S03[xxx]C, following a failed attempt to merge a tiny partition "above" it, become an un-allocated, un-formatted partition. MiniTool Partition Magic version 9 probably would have recovered it, however, I would have lost S03[xxx]D in the process. Since restoring C is much faster than restoring D, I cancelled. Rebooted Macrium Reflect, and once again, in the process of restoring S03[xxx]C, and leaving my earlier-restored S03[xxx]D alive and well.
Some time ago, a similar thing happened. At that time, I first backed up partition A before recovering partition B. Then, restored partition A, thus ending up with both partitions alive and well. This is the short version of losing both partitions and recovering both partitions. Both Macrium Reflect (or Image for Windows) and MiniTool Partition Magic version 9 have their respective places. Of course, you should use tools of your choosing -- I'm just giving bits and pieces of my experiences.
I think, very likely, I will end up simply accepting any further instances of teeny-tiny slivers of un-allocated/un-formatted partitions and moving on.
I'm cobbling together the first two beginning posts from my college cafe thread into this thread. This thread, which only exists in one other place, will rise or fall on its own. I hope to gain from the knowledge and experiences of others in this place.
Replaced laptop hard-drive and set it up precisely like I want it set up.
I wanted my hybrid 2TB int HD to have exactly the same partitions, in the same order, with basically the same names as my earlier 1TB HD.
I'm almost finished with getting the job done the way I want it done; even restoring images onto a larger HD had its challenges; by far the most challenging has been to get rid of "volunteer" un-allocated partition(s) "corn" that immediately followed each restore; still working on this.
I will post more details in successive posts -- If anyone is interested in further details. Absolutely feel free to ask questions, make comments; and of course, absolutely add your insights, ideas, practices.
Roughly, what I had and what I want: the following partitions -- System Reserved, S03[xxx]C, S03[xxx]D, and four tiny 250MB partitions for testing my several un-delete/data recovery utilities. Windows 7 Professional, MBR-headed HD.
S03[xxx]C, following a failed attempt to merge a tiny partition "above" it, become an un-allocated, un-formatted partition. MiniTool Partition Magic version 9 probably would have recovered it, however, I would have lost S03[xxx]D in the process. Since restoring C is much faster than restoring D, I cancelled. Rebooted Macrium Reflect, and once again, in the process of restoring S03[xxx]C, and leaving my earlier-restored S03[xxx]D alive and well.
Some time ago, a similar thing happened. At that time, I first backed up partition A before recovering partition B. Then, restored partition A, thus ending up with both partitions alive and well. This is the short version of losing both partitions and recovering both partitions. Both Macrium Reflect (or Image for Windows) and MiniTool Partition Magic version 9 have their respective places. Of course, you should use tools of your choosing -- I'm just giving bits and pieces of my experiences.
I think, very likely, I will end up simply accepting any further instances of teeny-tiny slivers of un-allocated/un-formatted partitions and moving on.