HDD cloning problem

I wouldnt say its a problem really.

trying to do 160 >> 320

My brother's 1521 is giving me problems with cloning the disc,
Im using acronis and when i go to clone i want to do manual.

When i do auto it makes the recovery partition a ridiculous 150gb instead of the original 10.
When i go to manual i can shrink the recovery down to 10gbs but when i go to manually layout the c drive, it doesnt allow me to expand it past the 135gb (which is what the size of the partition is on the 160gb hdd)

I went and did the clone and popped it in. Everything works but there is now 130gbs of unallocated space and i cant expand the c drive!

when i try to create a new partition it says not enough space.

I dont want to have to reinstall all his school stuff so a fresh install .

Short version, I want to clone but expand the c drive partition.

 

Your partition is FAT32 ? If yes then convert it to NTFS, after resize to full disk capacity.

 

no, partition is NTFS and unallocated

 

Then try use the Hirens Boot CD, with it you can create a new NTFS Partition, after reboot, and in your OS try merge the partitions ...

 

tried, wont let me even create a new partition from the unallocated space, says not enough space on the disc

 

You seem to have hit the 137GB limit.

See this document for the explanation of various factors.

John

 

Can Acronis save u the need to reinstall all program files?

i am changing my HDD also and will re-install OS but i have tons of program files.

i just need to clone C drive program files..is that possible????

let me know pls

 

i did a fresh install and it lets me use everything.

Its almost the same as my system but with an amd cpu instead.

 

I don't think you can clone just the program files folder. The installers tend to scatter files in other locations and also make entries into the registry.

John

 

bump for some help

Does anyone know why my acronis is being stubborn