moving win2k to a new drive?

[syf3r]

has anyone here tried making a ghost image of a 2k system drive, and then restoring that image onto a new (bigger) drive...? i've got a 2k system on a 4Gb drive which i'd like to move to a new 8Gb drive so i can dual-boot with 98 in the new additional 4Gb... so essentially, what i'm looking for is onfo on whether or not i'll run into problems if the existing 2k system is moved onto new, larger hardware...

additionally, what is the maximum number of OS's one can multi-boot using partition magic, on the same system..? or, more specifically, how many bootable partitions can exist on the same drive, in the same system, and do they still have to be fat16? i seem to recall that you couldn't dual-boot two operating systems if they were on fat32 partitions... is this still true?


-syf3r.

 

[Wik]

No problem, last month I moved my Win2K Pro install form my 8 gig drive to a 10 gig drive. I just ghosted the whole drive over as a copy not as an image. Then when I booted the new drive I used PQmagic to reclaim the extra 2 gigs and nuked the old drive for storage on my ftp server.

 

[syf3r]

okay so you're saying you had the 10Gb installed and visible, and just used ghost to copy it over to the 10...? then shut down, remove the 8Gb, move the 10Gb to primary master, and reboot...?
can this be done as an image and not a copy in ghost...? i'm guessing it can be... also, i believe if this is done as an image, you wouldnt have to reclaim the extra 2Gb.. ghost would just fill the drive as far as its image needs to and the rest of the space would just be available... no?
anyway, thanks for the input.

-syf3r.

 

[TomBilliodeaux]

Syf3r,
You can have many os's and boot to any one you want using W2K's install feature.
You can use FDISK to create your partitions and format them. Use seperate partitions for each os. I recommend Fat32 format if you will use W98. The difference in performance is not noticeable to me.
Also you can convert to NTFS later if you wish, but not reversable to Fat32.
If you want to have W98 os, it must be installed first on your Primary partition. W2k can be on any other partition. There is no 8G limitation for W2k, so it may go on a partition past the 8gb area.

My system: C:W98,fat32-2.0Gb D:W2k,NTFS-2.0Gb F:W2k2,fat32-2.0Gb G:W2k Programs,NTFS-10Gb
If you will use W98, increase your partition size to accomodate your W98 program files.
Tombilliodeaux@hotmail.com

 

[syf3r]

ok, i should have clarified from the beginning... i want it set up so that the OS's not in use are not visible.. you've got it set so that all your system drives are always visible... i want to do it using pmagic so that the other OS's become hidden, and not able to be accidentally damaged by novice users sharing my machine... in other words, i want to be able to use win2k or linux on my own, while giving another user the ability to use win98 on the same machine, but having the win2k and linux partitions completely hidden when in 98, and vice versa... how many hidden bootable partitions can pmagic do...?

 

[TomBilliodeaux]

If your only concerned about the W98 users not having access to W2k or other partitions, format them NTFS. They will not be able to view the contients nor access them.

 

[syf3r]

that's one option, but not the one i want to use...

does anyone here know how many OS's are supported under partition magic, so the unused ones are made hidden? is it 3? 4? 5?

-syf3r.