T40: Moving to a bigger HD

darrenlau2003

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Sep 27, 2003
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Hi all,

Thinking of moving from the installed 40GB/5400rpm HD to a 60GB/7200rpm - will I have any problems using a program like Norton's Ghost to "dupe" the 40GB to the 60GB.

Would like to hear if anyone has done so, and if there have been problems, what were the solutions?

Thanks in advance.
 

Pandaren

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ExtremeTech had a review on a device that allowed easy cloning of notebook HDD images from one disk to another. I can't find the link, but the review is there somewhere.
 

firtol88

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I'll be trying this with Ghost some time this week(hopefully tonight), my 7K60 will be here today.

I'll let you know how it goes.
 

firtol88

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Worked great for my D800, but I used a roundabout method.

Things you will need:
Ghost 2003 (for NTFS support) Comes with Norton System Works 2003 professional.
Shared drive on another system
Dos Ndis2 driver for your nic (download a driver update from IBM and it will be there)
patch cables and such (I already had a network setup but this could be done with a crossover cable) I wouldn't suggest WIFI its slower and well could be problematic.

Steps I used:
Map shared drive
Create folder on shared dive
Backup old hdd to new folder on mapped drive (in ghost menu pick "backup" and select "to file") Symantic dose not support non OS partitions but it worked fine on my D800 so select both partitions and browse to folder.
Around this point it will ask for dos drivers for your nic
start backup (this takes awhile and will create a bunch of 2gig files)
**** If you have a domain server set up create a drive mapping boot disk, if not don't worry about one you'll have to do this the long or very long way.

Install new hdd
Format hdd
**** This is where I took the very long way. I Installed Xp, Ghost and the drivers for my NIC this potentially could be done just by booting from your Norton disk I chose not to try this route as mappeed drives can be a pain to find under some circumstances.
Map network drive, ensure that you can access it.
Run Ghost select "restore" point to the mapped drive select your back up files.
It will ask for the the dos drivers again.
let it go...

I chose the above methods because I thought they would work and wouldn't require me to sit in front of the computer the whole time (I have a seccond job as a jungle gym durring any hours that I'm home )

Anyway hope that helps
 

dnuggett

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Great info... I'm upgrading soon as well. This will be very helpful. Have you noticed an impact at all to your battery time?
 

darrenlau2003

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Sep 27, 2003
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Thanks for the info so far. I have yet to buy the 60GB/7200rpm HD, but will be getting it with an external casing (USB2) so that I can plug the existing 40GB into it and use as a backup.

To be more specific, I ask this question because of the hidden partition on the Thinkpads where the recovery softwares are kept - will Norton Ghost 2003 (I have this) work to move over *both* the hidden partition and the regular partition?
 

StarTech

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Be sure you get a drive that fits in if your T40 has the touch thing. The pool depression it makes causes a problem for 12mm drives.
 
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