From: nodeleaf.20.eatallspam@spamgourmet.com   
      
   General Schvantzkopf wrote:   
      
   > I've been playing with Acronis True Image 11 and I have a few questions.   
   > I'm planning on replacing the C drive in my girlfriends XP box this   
   > weekend. The system currently has an old 80G drive which I'm going to   
   > replace with a new 500G drive. I want to use Acronis to clone the old   
   > drive onto the new drive so that she doesn't have to re-activate XP or   
   > reinstall any software.   
   >   
   The size difference is huge enough to make a simple clone copy unbootable   
   due to sector size changes necessary. Or you don't use the full size yet,   
   and let windows later on create another partition(s).   
   Reactivating XP should not be necessary if just the harddrive is changed,   
   but even then it should go without a hitch (when the xp copy is legit).   
      
   .....   
   > I've cloned disks using dd on Fedora8 Live and that works fine but I'm   
   > looking for more than a cloning solution. My girlfriend needs a backup   
   > solution that will allow her to restore her whole system in case of a   
   > catastrophic failure. The plan was to use Acronis to backup to an   
   > external 500G USB drive and to occasionally make DVD backups.   
      
   Ah, external drive. Well, dd'ing from a livecd boot and possibly gzipping   
   may work. But why not use gparted or similar programs from a livecd?   
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