Re: DD via USB?

["Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>]

"Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@peaknet.net> wrote:
> Lee,
> If you're simply increasing the size of the Windoze drive,
> why not:
> (1) Use ntbackup to do a full backup of the old hard drive
> (including
> System State) with the .bkf file going to a USB2 drive
> (something other
> than the 100GB new drive).
> (2) Install the new drive and do a minimal Windoze install.
> (3) Finally, use ntbackup to restore everything from the
> .bkf file.

Because it never works as well as advertised.  ;->

Especially installing two Windows versions side-by-side, and
overwriting portions of the "temporary" Windows install as
part of the restore process.


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