TI Workstation has eaten up half of my disk

[paperinik3]

As the HD of my notebook was getting too small (80 GB), I decided to change it for a 160 GB disk. So I made an image of the system on an external HD, then installed the new disk, booted from my rescue disk (TI Workstation 9.1 build 3886) and transferred the image on the new disk. All went well but - my new disk's capacity is now only 80 GB. Where did the other 80 GB go ?

[aggronix]

If you have a small table and you move it to a bigger flat it remains to be a small table ;D

There are two possibilities to use your bigger disc drive:

a) make an additional partition D: with 80 GB and use it for your data. Let your system on C: and move your data to D:

b) you can change the dimension of your c: partition with TI when you restore your image to the new disc.

I would suggest to make a second partition (a) because a separation of data and system is good practice.

Open your control panel, go to Computer Management => storage => disc management. There you'll find 80 GB unused space. You can create a new partiton there. If you have actually a CD drive using 'D:' change the drive letter to 'E:' before you create the new partition.

hope it helps. regards, aggronix.

[DwnNdrty]

If you do not want to create a second partition as the previous poster mentioned, here's how to have one continuous partition:
Boot with the Rescue cd and select the "Manage Acronis Secure Zone".
Create a SZ of any size less than 80 gig.
Once it is created, go right back to Manage Acronis SZ.
Choose to delete the SZ.
You will be asked what to do with the unallocated space.
Select add to existing partition (or words to that effect).

[paperinik3]

I am very grateful, agronix and DwnNdrty, for your prompt and exhausting answers : now the only problem I have, is to decide which way I want to jump... thanks again for the help.

[DwnNdrty]

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