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DaShiZNiT

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« on: December 15, 2002, 01:16:00 AM »
im not sure on this, ive heard people talk about it but noone actually confirmed.
im doing a new install sometime this week, and this would be very fast and easy
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archon76

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« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2002, 01:32:00 AM »
Unfortunately, this will not work.  Ghost does not understand the Xbox files system.  It has no way to transfer it.

Sorry

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« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2002, 04:31:00 AM »
I have successfully cloned an 80Gb disk onto the same size hard disk.  I used disk lite pro...info is available in the tutorials...but it took a while to run (17 hours or so)...

The problem with cloning a disk onto a larger disk is that the f: partition cannot (as far as I know) be resized to make the increased f: partition space available for use without wiping the contents of the just created f: partition
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« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2002, 10:49:00 AM »
Yeah, I can see how it wouldn't be easy or possible to change the F: partition.  The only thing I don't like about the disk lite pro is that you say it takes 17 hours compared to ghost taking a few minutes.  i'm sure people have tried adding a 7th partition to cover the new extra space on a new hdd.  Wonder if that would work.  Thanks
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« Reply #4 on: December 17, 2002, 02:45:00 AM »
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If you use this diskpro lite then buy the bloody thing as i bought this program so i can copy different sized hard drives beerchug.gif  love.gif
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« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2002, 02:21:00 PM »
OKay. Let's say I have a 120ishGb HDD

1. Could I make it so I'm only utilising say 119Gb (don't mind about wiping F partition)

2. Then would it be possible to Ghost this drive onto another 120Gb HDD and only lose the 1Gb?

If both are "yes" then I could make my drive 119Gb and if I ever wanted to replace the hard disk with a different make/model/speed I could easily clone it.

All help appreciated

Cheers
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« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2002, 11:10:00 PM »
QUOTE (jaguar @ Dec 21 2002, 07:13 AM)
Here's how I backup my 120GB harddrive.  Run EvolutionX on my xbox with ftp enabled.  On my Windows desktop, I have WebDrive installed, which allows me to map a drive letter to the ftp server.  I map it to X:.  I have a fast SCSI tape drive capable of holding 200GB each tape.  I then use TapeWare (www.tapeware.com) to backup my F: drive which pulls data off the Xbox.  Edit tapeware.ini to enable the F: letter.

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200GB / tape?  Are you sure that's not a typo?  What tape drive is that?    blink.gif
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« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2002, 07:33:00 PM »
QUOTE (1wolf1 @ Dec 23 2002, 06:10 AM)
200GB / tape?  Are you sure that's not a typo?  What tape drive is that?    :blink:

get a nice little sdlt tape drive.  the are fast and hold ~ 320 gigs/tape.  of course they will set you back a pretty penny which is why i only have one at work at not at home.... at home i am stuck with only a hp 1200e :/
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