ATI backup & partitions

HI,

Assume that i make a backup of the entire HD with ATI, and after i change the partitions of HD. Can i still do a restore with that ATI backup, in case of problems with the partitionchanges?

 

Recently I changed the Hard Disk IDs when I swapped the IDE Hard Disk connector plugs on the mainboard...

True Image didn't have any problems about that, but Windows XP crashed at startup with a nice bluescreen!

Marc

 

There shouldn't be a problem doing this. I do it all the time during testing. Just restore the Entire Disk Image to the drive and it will be back like it was before the partition changes.

 

Thanks, am now confident to refrain from accidents.

 

Changing the partition order, etc can cause some grief. Perhaps you would be intersted in this posting from the "sticky" below:

Restoring a System Partition to a Different Partition

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=186402

 

Thank you verry much.

Honestly, this is all Latin for me. If I understand correctly, it is not just do restoring with ATI with a backup on DVD's from a previous divided HD to a changed HD.

Greets.

 

If you restore the Entire Disk Image or restore the Windows partition to the same partition "slot" from which it was backed up, then you shouldn't have any problems.

If the original Windows partition was in the #1 slot and you restore it to the #2 slot, you may need to make some adjustments. However, if you are not multi-booting there won't usually be a problem. An example of this would be to do the following:

Original layout:
[C: Windows][D: Data]

New layout:
[D: Data][C: Windows]

In your case, I don't think you need to worry about this. It sounds like you just want to change the partition sizes and not "shuffle" them around.

 

Yes, it remain the same partitions, D-C & K. K: will decrease to the benefit of C: that increase. All the partitons be on the same HD, and there is no multi booting.

Again thanks verry much.