I haven't had to do this kind of stuff in many years, but last I remember, copying a disk does not get the MBR, just the files and directories. A clone would get the MBR, but how that works with a disk of a different size I don't know. You used to have to purchase software to do this stuff decently, is there freeware that works now? I'm running W10 . . . I'm guessing boot to a Linux USB drive with the utilities, then clone the old drives to the new ones?
On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 2:02 PM, Craig via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:31:23 -0500 Curley McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Should be able to. Or create the partition you want, then transfer the > > files over... > > Copying the disk will get the Master Boot Record as well as the files ... > > > Craig > > > > > Craig via Mercedes wrote: > > > On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:18:20 -0500 OK Don via Mercedes > > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > >> My boot disk and the second disk - used for backing up photos, etc. > > >> are almost full. This is an older (9 years old) HP consumer box. > > >> > > >> I'm seeing 4TB disks for reasonable prices, Seagate and Western > > >> Digital. What have the rest of you experienced in terms of drive > > >> reliability/life? > > > > > > I have been burned by Seagate and now buy Western Digital, most > > > recently a 1 TByte WD Gold for the new computer I'm assembling. > > > > > > > > >> I'd hate to have to rebuild the box from scratch, with the licensing > > >> hassles from M$ and Adobe, etc., but am also thinking of one of > > >> those HP workstations Curt was recommending a few years ago. > > > > > > Can you not copy your disks to a larger disk and then use a partition > > > editor to increase the size to that of the larger disk? > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
