- RATS!! HDD is starting to "click" - need ideas on copying data
- Posted by scooterp7@comcast.net on February 8th, 2007
I have a relatively new wd 250gb sata drive (my OS, XP, is not on this
drive) that began clicking after coming out of hibernation. It clicked
almost a dozen times before it went back to normal and i could access
all of the drives (partitions) and their data. After a couple of
iterations of shut-downs and start-ups (it clicked each time) , I
decided to disconnect the drive for now. I purchased a 360gb drive
which hopefully will be here Friday. So,after all this pre-amble, here
is where I need help. What is the procedure, or is it even possible,
to copy the drive contents in a manner that makes it essentially a
mirror image. What I mean is, I would like all the data to still have
the same drive letter assignments and partions. The reason for this is
that i had programs installed on 2 of the 3 partitions. I'll stop
here, wait for all of you to stop laughing and advise me to what
important information I've left out that will help you help me :-) TIA.
- Posted by Rod Speed on February 8th, 2007
scooterp7@comcast.net wrote:
Yes, plenty of ways of doing that.
Still easy to keep the same drive letter.
We've got all the necessary info.
I'd personally buy True Image and use that for backups in the future.
It will clone that 250G drive to the new 360G drive fine.
Its possible to do it manually with XP alone, but you should really be backing
your data up so there isnt much point in bothering with that approach.
- Posted by David Vair on February 8th, 2007
Download the Western Digital Diagnostics and run them on the drive, it may (MAY) be possible for it
to repair any errors on the drive.
--
Dave Vair
CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+
<scooterp7@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1170908420.268759.109550@j27g2000cwj.googlegr oups.com...
- Posted by Art on February 8th, 2007
<scooterp7@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1170908420.268759.109550@j27g2000cwj.googlegr oups.com...
Acronis True Image will do what you want.
Art
- Posted by scooterp7@comcast.net on February 8th, 2007
Good. Thanks. Another question though; should I first partition the
drive in a similar manner as my failing drive? In my mind, I envision
that the new drive should have three partitions just as the older
(albeit they will be larger). Then, my hope is that the letter
assighnments will not change as I install the new drive on the same
cable as the broken one. I believe this should be the case because
even though I've disconnected the failing drive, the drive letter
assignments on the additional drives have remained unchanged.
On Feb 7, 10:42 pm, "Art" <d...@email.me> wrote:
- Posted by Ashton Crusher on February 8th, 2007
On 7 Feb 2007 20:20:20 -0800, scooterp7@comcast.net wrote:
I've been using Norton Ghost. I have restored the same drive several
times and also used it to transfer the image from an old drive to a
new drive a couple of times. It has always worked without a glitch.
- Posted by Rod Speed on February 8th, 2007
scooterp7@comcast.net wrote:
Nope, TI will do that all for you and either expand the partitions to fill
the drive by default or allow you to specify the new sizes if you prefer.
Yes, that will work fine. Do it from the booted 'rescue'
CD that TI allows you to create once you install it.
Correct.
- Posted by Rod Speed on February 8th, 2007
Ashton Crusher <Hello@nowhere.net> wrote:
True Image is much better for what he wants to do, particularly
the maintenance of the existing partition lettering.
- Posted by Ashton Crusher on February 9th, 2007
On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:44:06 +1100, "Rod Speed"
<rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
An image is an image, how could True Image be any different other then
it's interface??
- Posted by Rod Speed on February 9th, 2007
Ashton Crusher <Hello@nowhere.net> wrote
He aint talking about an image, he's talking about a clone.
He's talking about a clone, not an image. Ghost is completely fucked for cloning.
- Posted by Arno Wagner on February 9th, 2007
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Ashton Crusher <Hello@nowhere.net> wrote:
Because in the MS world an image is not an image. Metadata is added
and incompatibility to the competition is a business goal.
Arno
- Posted by Andy on February 10th, 2007
Just connect the new drive in place of the old one. Partition and
format the new drive using Disk Management. Then reconnect the old
drive to the motherboard, and drag and drop data from the old drive to
the new drive.
On 7 Feb 2007 20:20:20 -0800, scooterp7@comcast.net wrote:
- Posted by scooterp7@comcast.net on February 11th, 2007
Alrighty, the new drive arrived yesterday(320gb wd "ys"
enterprise).I don't want to sound like an advertisement, but, I got
this drive from zipzoomfly for $102.50 + $2.00 for 2 day shipping.
Ordered on wed afternoon and it arrived fri. morning. Anywho, I used
True Image v.10 and with the automatic clone disc, everything went
flawless. However, Xp wouldn't recognize the new drive until I
formatted it. I'm not sure if TI would have done the formatting as
part of the "clone" process and if it would, I wonder how much longer
it would have taken. As it was, after formatting , it took TI about an
hour and 45 mins to clone nearly 220gb. Now if only I can find my
receipt for my WD drive and try my luck with warranty. It was an SE16.
Hard to believe it would fail so quickly(approx 9 mos.). Thanks for
all the help. Still cannot see any drive letter assignments under
"Disk Management" though :-).
On Feb 10, 6:21 am, Andy <1...@2.3> wrote:
- Posted by Rod Speed on February 11th, 2007
scooterp7@comcast.net wrote:
Yes it does.
No extra time at all.
You dont necessarily need the receipt.
Worth checking the drive temp on the hottest days
in summer, plenty run much too hot for a long life.
Thats a setting if you really care.
