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ghosting stuff up
Name: gee.eff Date: November 28, 2003 at 04:49:19 Pacific OS: 98+ CPU/Ram: 64 ?
Comment:
i recently had my seagate 2gb hdd ghosted on to a maxtor 20gb hdd now my 20gb says that i only have 2gb's what have i done wrong and how do i fix it ? i even tried last night to install windows xp but it said no disk space even though its a 20gb hdd PLEASE HELP
Name: Al Date: November 28, 2003 at 06:54:03 Pacific
Reply:
use ghost to copy it over again and this time convert it from FAT16 to FAT32, there is an option in ghost to do this. partition and format the 20GB drive before you start, ensure that it is setup as FAT32 and that you set up your partition(s) the way you want them on the 20GB drive. I converted an old 1.6GB drive onto a 6.4GB drive about 3 years ago using the same method, it is why I bought Norton Ghost. just recently copied a 13.6 GB drive onto a 40 GB drive using ghost. good luck, Al
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