I believe you have to be in manual mode. Sorry I can't be more specific, as I don't yet have it installed on this computer (I should do that, now)
Also, the other 130gigs is probably in a hidden partition.
is it the 80GB that is showing 73GB?? if so, then then that is about right.
car nut is asking you if you have a floppy drive not another spot for a HDD. you may be able to use a desktop computer to make the disk if needed, be sure to copy the USB drivers to the floopy.
a backup of your C: drive to your new 200GB drive will not allow the new drive to startup your computer. a backup does not transfer over some files for starting the OS. an image makes an exact copy of the imaged drive therefor the new drive will start up the computer.
if you have a floppy drive on your laptop you can use a windows98 startup disk to partition and format the new drive.
if you're copying through norton, then it should copy(clone) the drive and the startup files.
is the bios on your laptop updated to recognize a 200GB HDD??
I think you are sayin that I would just install both HD's? Its a laptop, there is only one HD slot.
Sorry about the confusion. I meant you could keep your original HD in place (internally) and attach the new HD using a USB adapter (small box that fits notebook HDs). Ghost should always detect the new HD, but once in a while you might have to do a Quick Format. I'd highly recommend creating boot diskettes through Norton Ghost.