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    Ghosting a hard drive and it's hidden partition question

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Sulk, Mar 15, 2009.

  1. Sulk

    Sulk Notebook Guru

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    I'm going to move to a bigger hard drive. However, the z60m's hdd has a hidden partition for the recovery software according to this site. How can I transfer the hidden partition on a new and bigger hard drive if I can't see it in the first place?
     
    Sulk, Mar 15, 2009
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    You got the recovery discs?
     
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    Sulk Notebook Guru

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    The Z60m did not come with recovery discs. Instead the drivers and other things are in the hard drive itself. It's odd but according to this website it's really like that.
     
    Sulk, Mar 23, 2009
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    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    Vistsa has a boot section that I used. I removed both additional partitions from vista and never missed them.
    -Renee
     
    Renee, Mar 23, 2009
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    You can, however, burn the recovery discs from the HD image. I don't think that by default any Lenovo notebooks comes with the discs unless you order them separately (or buy Windows XP downgrade).

    Just go here Clean Install Guide (works for 32-bit or 64-bit) and read Step 1, it tells you how to create the recovery media yourself.
     
    lenardg, Mar 23, 2009
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    lokiman Newbie

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    I just did it using Ghost 11.5 on a boot CD.
    You just tell it to clone the entire drive.
    I tested the image that Ghost made, it worked fine.

    I partitioned the drive with Parted Magic 3.7 boot cd, using GParted on the cd.
    The hidden restore partition was not ruined.
    I have partitioned 2 other drives in the past that had hidden partitions,
    the hidden partitions were toast after using Paragon Partition Manager
    or System Commander.
    http://partedmagic.com/

    Excellent instructions made it very easy to use the boot cd.
    http://wiki.partedmagic.com/index.php/Using_GParted
     
    lokiman, Mar 23, 2009
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  7. Renee

    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    Vista works fine,
     
    Renee, Mar 23, 2009
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    ojosch Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you are using Norton Ghost, I just temporarily pop the HDD into a 3rd party machine with an extra SATA port, and use a boot disk with Ghost on it, and do a 'disk' to 'image', and save the whole disk image to a separate disk also connected on that box. Then power down, install the new drive, then boot back into Ghost, and do an 'image' to 'disk', and then put that HDD back into your laptop and if it wont boot normally, then boot up using Windows install disk and choose 'recovery' option to get to the recovery console. If it's WinXP run the commands: chkdsk /r and then after that: FixMbr and then after that: FixBoot

    If it's Vista go here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd367881.aspx to see the recovery console equivalent commands

    Then it should boot fine
     
    ojosch, Mar 23, 2009
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  9. Sulk

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    So if I ghost the hard drive to a dvd then put it on an empty but bigger drive, it'll be fine right?

    I'm using Windows XP. Will it be ok if I use the Vista guide with some improvisations?
     
    Sulk, Mar 24, 2009
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    I'm getting a "Resources required by this application are already in use. Please retry after the other application completes."

    I'm not burning anything. What possible service should I end?

    Help.
     
    Sulk, Mar 25, 2009
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  11. Renee

    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    Try starting the system in the lowest priviledge mode possible and then running it. (It's under bootmgr f8 on my
    t61p)
    -Renee
     
    Renee, Mar 25, 2009
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  12. Sulk

    Sulk Notebook Guru

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    Thanks.

    For some reason I think INCD was the culprit. Then again, it didn't actually work when I first uninstalled it but it worked after a couple of restarts and process suspensions.
     
    Sulk, Mar 25, 2009
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