How to Upgrade Hard Disk on Lenovo 3000V100. Copying the IBM_Service hidden partition - solution

For anyone else who wants to upgrade their hard drive I offer the following solution.
The problem is that simply copying the C: drive over to the new hard drive doesn't work. The new drive hangs when booting. It turns out that Lenovo in its wisdom(?) requires that a hidden partition must be copied as well, the IBM_Service partition of 5.1G. I tried multiple ways of copying the drive that did not work
- Apricorn EZ copy didn't see my new drive at all - that may well be because I was working with a 2004 version - they haven't responded to my email questioning that.
- DriveImage XML copied the C: drive with no problem, but couldn't see the hidden partition in copying mode.
What worked?
I used my copy of Acronis True Image 11 to do the copying, making sure to keep the hidden partition the exact same size since I'd had indications in a Lenovo forum that was important.
Just boot from the CD. You'll have to use the manual mode.
The interface is a bit unnerving because you keep having to go "back" to really go to the next step in making the partitions the size you want. Other than that it works very well.
This worked flawlessly. The machine booted with no problems. I now have three times the disk space.
Jim Mitchell

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