Restore to different size hard drive
I am trying to move my exsitng system to a new larger hard drive. My current hard drive has three partitions:
NTFS (OS) (C:) 283.4 GB
NTFS (Recovery) (D:) 14.65 GB
FAT16 (Unlabeled) 39.19 MB
I am moving the system to a 500 GB hard drive.
I successfully backed up my system and recovered it to the new hard drive but it retained the partitions just as they were so I don't have use of the additonal 200 GB of space.
Ideally I would like the primary partition to be 483 GB rather that 283 GB.
How do I properly recover the system and let the primary partition expand to take advantage of my new hard drive space?

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I'm trying to image my existing 60GB IDE HD to a new 320GB HD. After successful imaging of the existing HD I will replace it with the new HD. The existing drive has two partitions. I have purchased True Image Home 2011. Will this do it or should I buy Plus pack or full Plus version?
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Edward,
You do not need Plus Pack to accomplish your task. For more information about PlusPack, click on my signature index below and look at item 8-V.
YOu do not mention which Windows version you are using or whether you are intending to use the Clone option or the Restore option.
If planing on using the Disk Restore method, also look at item # 3-M inside my index.
Whether you clone or do a a restore, the type of backup that you want to have before proceeding is a backup whereby you checkmark the disk as to what is being backed up. The disk checkmark will automtically check all partitions and you do want all partitions included in your backup.
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Cloning Risks:
In theory, there should be no risk to the source drive during cloning as the disk is only read. In practice, however, there has been far too many postings of something going wrong during the process. Sometimes it is the operator choosing the wrong disk and cloning the blank onto the master; other times, the power fails during the process; at other times, the computer freezes and the the drive is lost. Simply stated, why take the risk of cloning when it takes on a few minutes longer to do the restore and the master disk is not even connected.
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