Resizing NTFS fs

[Dale Farnsworth]

In article <20060110002912.EAHB3131.fed1rmmtao07.cox.net@[172.18.180.8]> you write:
> Can Linux dd + parted + other stuff move an XP system to a bigger disk,
> and then stretch the new partition?

Here's how I have done this:

1. While booted on WinXP, check the NTFS FS and shutdown properly.

2. Boot up on a Knoppix CD.

3. dd the contents of the small drive to the large drive (full drive copy).

4. Increase the size of the NTFS partition.  I use cfdisk to delete the
partition and then recreate it with the new size.

5. Use ntfsresize to grow NTFS to fill the partition.  If you leave off
the size parameter, ntfsresize expands the fs to fill the partition.

6. Boot WinXP on the new disk, it will auto-check the disk while coming up.

-Dale