Acronis STILL support HPFS? (stop laughing)

incynr8 · 10-28-2008, 02:58 PM

Well it seems Partition Magic after vs 5, maybe 6 , dropped HPFS.

Gparted is having fits ID'ing...........
I dont want to use dd commands just yet, since i have multipartitions..and it's a time waster, plus boot sector hell.

Here's the scoop
I am working on elderly 'appliance (HA!)' hardware.
specs are
RF subsystem controller, running OS2 on HPS, lots of partitions...
8gig! HDD

:L MAO:

on a PII

old intel mobo and lots of other memory lane hardware.

I want to image the HPFS parts to new HDD, then to maybe flash (if I can figure out how to boot it), and build a new applicance, whihc saves 6,000$ in paying some dumb vendor for ancient code.

SO....DOES ACRONIS TAKE HPFS still? If I can just DUPE the whole drive structure to some other paperweight Harddrive to then screw around with, I'd be happy. I'm just wondering before I hot this thing with my next move...

That is unless you have PM3/4/5 laing around...I had 5 and can't find it.

Interesting how this feature was removed, although nt4 hpfs and os2 hpfs is soooo dead..

incynr8 · 10-28-2008, 03:00 PM

hmmm, an old copy of powerquest drivecopy might do this...I still might have that!

yay ancientware!

I think Illl go play Zork next on a Gargoyle emulator.

Lrrpie-CT · 10-28-2008, 03:22 PM

I have drivecopy if you can't find it.

incynr8 · 10-28-2008, 03:41 PM

holy crap I have to remember how to use this...I think it's boot dos then swap floppies...LOL!

incynr8 · 10-28-2008, 03:52 PM

yep, and it reads HPFS!
V.2.0 FTW!

incynr8 · 10-28-2008, 03:59 PM

OMG, now it doesn't read the FAT past the 1024 boundry in the final part.......Damn this old school $$%#!!
so now I have to copy the HPFS and Bootmanager, then drop to another tool to flop the FAT part marked 'upgrade' over....
BASTARDS!

OldGadget · 10-28-2008, 04:29 PM

I have an old version of PM someplace

incynr8 · 10-28-2008, 05:08 PM

bleh. PQ Drive Copy did not correctly copy the Volume Names over. So I got a quasi booting system out of it.

I might give acronis a go, but part magic 3 4 or 5 would be sweet!
I might might might still have PM5 at home...

So close....but no go.

I did wind up copying the FAT 'upgrade' part marked C (in windows, but not OS2), over using PM7 after PQ drive copy to copy the HPFS parts in front of it, but Drive Copy did not respect the sizing. I only had a 20gig IDE to play with so it made weird partition sizes, and I think that attributed to my troubles.

If anyone has pm3/4/5 laying around, it be sweet!

incynr8 · 10-28-2008, 08:45 PM

Acronis appears to be the only joint rollin code that still digs HPFS... Worked fine.

Now to get it on this tiny flash drive and onto a solid state appliance, the actual task at hand.

Lrrpie-CT · 10-28-2008, 08:57 PM

I hope this is for work.

10-28-2008, 02:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
incynr8 Purify with flame Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: On some dinky hill	Acronis STILL support HPFS? (stop laughing) Well it seems Partition Magic after vs 5, maybe 6 , dropped HPFS. Gparted is having fits ID'ing........... I dont want to use dd commands just yet, since i have multipartitions..and it's a time waster, plus boot sector hell. Here's the scoop I am working on elderly 'appliance (HA!)' hardware. specs are RF subsystem controller, running OS2 on HPS, lots of partitions... 8gig! HDD :L MAO: on a PII old intel mobo and lots of other memory lane hardware. I want to image the HPFS parts to new HDD, then to maybe flash (if I can figure out how to boot it), and build a new applicance, whihc saves 6,000$ in paying some dumb vendor for ancient code. SO....DOES ACRONIS TAKE HPFS still? If I can just DUPE the whole drive structure to some other paperweight Harddrive to then screw around with, I'd be happy. I'm just wondering before I hot this thing with my next move... That is unless you have PM3/4/5 laing around...I had 5 and can't find it. Interesting how this feature was removed, although nt4 hpfs and os2 hpfs is soooo dead.. __________________

10-28-2008, 03:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
incynr8 Purify with flame Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: On some dinky hill	hmmm, an old copy of powerquest drivecopy might do this...I still might have that! yay ancientware! I think Illl go play Zork next on a Gargoyle emulator. __________________

10-28-2008, 03:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
incynr8 Purify with flame Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: On some dinky hill	holy crap I have to remember how to use this...I think it's boot dos then swap floppies...LOL! __________________

10-28-2008, 03:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
incynr8 Purify with flame Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: On some dinky hill	yep, and it reads HPFS! V.2.0 FTW! __________________

10-28-2008, 03:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
incynr8 Purify with flame Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: On some dinky hill	OMG, now it doesn't read the FAT past the 1024 boundry in the final part.......Damn this old school $$%#!! so now I have to copy the HPFS and Bootmanager, then drop to another tool to flop the FAT part marked 'upgrade' over.... BASTARDS! __________________

10-28-2008, 05:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
incynr8 Purify with flame Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: On some dinky hill	bleh. PQ Drive Copy did not correctly copy the Volume Names over. So I got a quasi booting system out of it. I might give acronis a go, but part magic 3 4 or 5 would be sweet! I might might might still have PM5 at home... So close....but no go. I did wind up copying the FAT 'upgrade' part marked C (in windows, but not OS2), over using PM7 after PQ drive copy to copy the HPFS parts in front of it, but Drive Copy did not respect the sizing. I only had a 20gig IDE to play with so it made weird partition sizes, and I think that attributed to my troubles. If anyone has pm3/4/5 laying around, it be sweet! __________________

10-28-2008, 08:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
incynr8 Purify with flame Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: On some dinky hill	Acronis appears to be the only joint rollin code that still digs HPFS... Worked fine. Now to get it on this tiny flash drive and onto a solid state appliance, the actual task at hand. __________________