![]() ![]() ![]() If the SATA-to-USB is still plugged-in, unplug it.Come on, use your elbow grease once in a while, people! Put the larger disk in the laptop and the smaller one on the SATA-to-USB interface. Switch your larger hard disk with the one installed on your laptop.Format the new primary (system) partition with NTFS.Using the SATA-to-USB external hard disk enclosure, create a primary (system) partition on your new, larger hard disk.A SATA-to-USB external hard disk enclosure.Īfter that, here is the right step to move your Windows 7 partitions from a smaller hard disk into a larger one.A USB flash disk with enough space to house the Clonezilla – 128 MB ought to do it.So, in case you have the same predicament as mine, I’ve documented the right way to do it below.īefore we get started, here are the things you’ll need and should prepare beforehand. Apparently this complicates matters quite a bit. You see, I’m trying to replace a smaller (160 GB) hard disk with two partitions (system and data) with a larger (500 GB) hard disk (which I was intending to be partitioned into two as well). The fact that the article described a different condition with the one I was facing hit me hard. Little that I know that the experience was anything but smooth. I figure I can shave about IDR 150,000 in the process while learning one or two tricks on hard disk cloning – an area I’ve never touch in my entire life before. After reading an article about hard disk cloning with Clonezilla on Lifehacker, I decided to take care of my laptop’s dire need of free space by buying a new, larger internal hard disk – instead of buying an external one – to replace its current one.
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