New larger hard drive still shows size of old hard drive

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  1. sparky201

    sparky201 Registered Member

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    I am using True Image Workstation 9.1 and made a backup image of my laptop hard drive to a usb hard drive. I changed the drive on my laptop from a 20GB to an 80GB. I installed the new hard drive, booted from the CD rescue media and restored the image to the new hard drive but it still retains the old hard drive size. How can I resize the new image to the whole size of the new hard drive?
     
  2. GroverH

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    Which partitions need to be expanded?

    One easy way would be to do a another restore but do a single partition restore of C only (or of the partitions being enlarged) overlaying the existing C data. During the process, you will get a chance to resize the partition to the max or your choice.

    You can get an idea by reviewing my guide on line 3 of my signature. The guide shows all partitions being restored but you only want to expand one or two, etc. Review the guide and ask other questions.

    Or, another alternative is here.
    https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1044452&postcount=2
     
  3. DwnNdrty

    DwnNdrty Registered Member

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    Oops ... I see Grover already has it covered. :)
     
  4. Brian K

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    sparky201,

    Is it a Dell laptop with MediaDirect? If so, could we see a screen shot of Disk Management?
     
  5. GroverH

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    Using Windows Disk Management, does the drive show as 80GB with 60 GB unallocated or does it show everything as a 20GB drive?

    As Brian has requested, a picture is worth a 1000 words. Posting the screen capture will help.
     
  6. Brian K

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    Grover, a good compromise.
     
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