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[DUPLICATE] How do I clone my IBM Thinkpad 600e hard drive?

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My IBM Thinkpad has a hard drive has two partitions that run very old code (fat16) in a Windows 3.11 type environment. I'm trying to clone this drive to a newer (larger) hard disk to retire old drive, and also allow me to add a Windows XP OS. My old drive has two fat16 partitions. Code auto boots from partition 1 and then executes code from partition 2.

When I run Acronis True Image on my desktop, it seems to duplicate the hard drive partitions correctly (using clone disk) but only the first partition (drive "c:") is assigned a drive letter. Second partition should be drive "d:" but instead is no assigned a letter. So when my laptop boots, it hangs. Why doesn't this work?

I then tried to duplicate the hard drive ON my IBM Thinkpad and a recovery CD I created, but it lacks the resources. It does not recognize my USB port (USB 1.1) which I have a IDE to USB 2.0 adapter and does not recognize my PCMCIA USB 2.0 port (i-Connect USB 2.0 + Serial ATA) if I plug my second drive into the card. So how can I clone my hard drive correctly? I do NOT have a version of Windows on this original hard to make a backup/restore type scenario.

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Marc,

I assume that the partition that gets the C:\ allocation is the one containing the system files.

Do you use a boot manager?

Try - putting old drive into external case and (if possible) new drive into laptop or another external case, clone via the Recovery CD so that Windows doesn't interfere.

Alternatively, make a complete disk image and then restore that image to the new drive, expanding as you wish. This method should definitely work and you can check the drive letters as well.

Colin B wrote:

Marc,

I assume that the partition that gets the C:\ allocation is the one containing the system files.

Do you use a boot manager?

Why do I need to be concerned about a boot manager when the original drive is working perfectly with it's innate boot manager? Acronis is supposed to copy the drive EXACTLY like the original (included the master boot record and all) but it doesn't work. It cannot find the second partition after it copied the entire CD. When I boot from a Windows 98 CD to boot to DOS on my copied hard drive, it has the first partition assigned to "c:" but it does not assign the second fat16 partition to a letter at all. It should be drive letter "d:". If I look for drive "d:" it tells me it's an "invalid drive specification."

Colin B wrote:

Try - putting old drive into external case and (if possible) new drive into laptop or another external case, clone via the Recovery CD so that Windows doesn't interfere.

Guess I'm not clear here. That's just what I said I had tried to do. But on my Thinkpad it uses a USB 1.1 which it does not recognize on Acronis Recovery CD.

Colin B wrote:

Alternatively, make a complete disk image and then restore that image to the new drive, expanding as you wish. This method should definitely work and you can check the drive letters as well.

Yes, but in order to try your last idea, I would have to have a version of Windows installed on my Thinkpad where I would then install Acronis True Image and then make a disk image using this program. But I do NOT want to do that since I am trying to copy my older fat16 hard drive unchanged from the original.