Moving O/S to another Partition

Puer Aeternus · 02-02-02, 07:09 AM

Hey all,
How does one move their O/S to another partion?
I have my WINXP on a 20g partion and would like to move it to a 10 gig and I would also like to keep all my existing files on the 20g intact...is this possible?
Thanks all for your time

David · 02-02-02, 10:09 AM

You can clone a partition using Norton Ghost - copies everything over to either another partition, or to an image.

Puer Aeternus · 02-02-02, 11:41 AM

Sweet, nice idea! I will give that a try....I have to reinstall Norton and I will give her a go...Now do I need to uninstall WINXP from my C Partition when that is done w/? ...If I leave the O/S on both partitions will I get a choice from which one to boot from?

David · 02-03-02, 08:10 AM

Windows will automatically boot off of the first primary partition on the first IDE master.

02-02-02, 07:09 AM	Thread Starter #1
Puer Aeternus Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: In your head (Ottawa.Canada)	Moving O/S to another Partition Hey all, How does one move their O/S to another partion? I have my WINXP on a 20g partion and would like to move it to a 10 gig and I would also like to keep all my existing files on the 20g intact...is this possible? Thanks all for your time __________________ An Inflexible Belief System is B.S or I.B.S i5 750 @ 4 ghz, AC Freezer 7 rev2, Gigabyte P55M-UD2, 12 g's Mushkin Blackline 1600 dd3, Radeon 7970 Diamond Audigy 2 zs Win 7 64bit, Antec Earth Watts 650w Antec 900 Logitech G15
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02-02-02, 10:09 AM	#2
David Forums Super Moderator Overclockers.com Lead Editor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hiding from Americans and making pretty colours in a drybox in St Andrews	You can clone a partition using Norton Ghost - copies everything over to either another partition, or to an image. __________________ David J. Nelson MChem(Edin) PhD(Strath) AMRSC [Academia Profile] OC Forums Super Moderator // Overclockers.com Editor The Workhorse: [Lenovo W510] Intel Core i7-720QM / 8 GB DDR3 / nVidia Quadro FX880M / Crucial M4 256 GB SSD / Windows 7 The HTPC/Server: AMD Phenom X4 9650 / 6 GB DDR2 / nVidia 8300 / 5 TB of HDDs / Antec Solo II Case / Windows 7 The Gaming Rig: AMD Llano A6-3650 / 4 GB DDR3 / nVidia GTX260 / 2x 500 GB HDD in RAID0 / Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case / Windows 7 The Benchmarking Setup: Various LGA775 chips / Asus Rampage Formula / 2 GB OCZ 1066 MHz DDR2 / nVidia Quadro NVS 285 / 320 GB HDD / Windows 7 My research fellowship is eating all my time, so I may be slow to reply to emails and private messages.
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02-02-02, 11:41 AM	Thread Starter #3
Puer Aeternus Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: In your head (Ottawa.Canada)	Sweet, nice idea! I will give that a try....I have to reinstall Norton and I will give her a go...Now do I need to uninstall WINXP from my C Partition when that is done w/? ...If I leave the O/S on both partitions will I get a choice from which one to boot from? __________________ An Inflexible Belief System is B.S or I.B.S i5 750 @ 4 ghz, AC Freezer 7 rev2, Gigabyte P55M-UD2, 12 g's Mushkin Blackline 1600 dd3, Radeon 7970 Diamond Audigy 2 zs Win 7 64bit, Antec Earth Watts 650w Antec 900 Logitech G15
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02-03-02, 08:10 AM	#4
David Forums Super Moderator Overclockers.com Lead Editor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hiding from Americans and making pretty colours in a drybox in St Andrews	Windows will automatically boot off of the first primary partition on the first IDE master. __________________ David J. Nelson MChem(Edin) PhD(Strath) AMRSC [Academia Profile] OC Forums Super Moderator // Overclockers.com Editor The Workhorse: [Lenovo W510] Intel Core i7-720QM / 8 GB DDR3 / nVidia Quadro FX880M / Crucial M4 256 GB SSD / Windows 7 The HTPC/Server: AMD Phenom X4 9650 / 6 GB DDR2 / nVidia 8300 / 5 TB of HDDs / Antec Solo II Case / Windows 7 The Gaming Rig: AMD Llano A6-3650 / 4 GB DDR3 / nVidia GTX260 / 2x 500 GB HDD in RAID0 / Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case / Windows 7 The Benchmarking Setup: Various LGA775 chips / Asus Rampage Formula / 2 GB OCZ 1066 MHz DDR2 / nVidia Quadro NVS 285 / 320 GB HDD / Windows 7 My research fellowship is eating all my time, so I may be slow to reply to emails and private messages.
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