HD Cloning software?
21 January 2006, 12:34 PM
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HD Cloning software?
Can someone recommend me HD cloning software (must be cheap!!).
I'm putting my old HD in my new SKY+ box, but windows is currently on that drive (Doh...). So I need to clone the drive onto a new one.
Any advice would be greatfully appreciated!
Cheers
James
I'm putting my old HD in my new SKY+ box, but windows is currently on that drive (Doh...). So I need to clone the drive onto a new one.
Any advice would be greatfully appreciated!
Cheers
James
21 January 2006, 01:01 PM
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22 January 2006, 02:59 PM
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Looking at some details for the Acronis product, it indicates that it can be used to 'clone' one hd to another : can I take from this that I can easily clone one HD running Win XP to another new HD ?
What else, if anything, would be required to make that new HD act as the replacement for the original were it to fail in some way : just set the HD to be master via the jumpers ? Would the new HD need to be initially formatted ?
Hmm, looking at the details via the URL posted above it looks to be the answer to my needs : it :
"Clones an old hard disk drive to a new one"
"Installs a new hard disk drive as a boot disk or as an additional storage device"
"Resizes transferred partitions to match new hard disk size"
Looks perfect and worth around £40 !
What else, if anything, would be required to make that new HD act as the replacement for the original were it to fail in some way : just set the HD to be master via the jumpers ? Would the new HD need to be initially formatted ?
Hmm, looking at the details via the URL posted above it looks to be the answer to my needs : it :
"Clones an old hard disk drive to a new one"
"Installs a new hard disk drive as a boot disk or as an additional storage device"
"Resizes transferred partitions to match new hard disk size"
Looks perfect and worth around £40 !
22 January 2006, 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by andyr
Looking at some details for the Acronis product, it indicates that it can be used to 'clone' one hd to another : can I take from this that I can easily clone one HD running Win XP to another new HD ?
What else, if anything, would be required to make that new HD act as the replacement for the original were it to fail in some way : just set the HD to be master via the jumpers ? Would the new HD need to be initially formatted ?
Hmm, looking at the details via the URL posted above it looks to be the answer to my needs : it :
"Clones an old hard disk drive to a new one"
"Installs a new hard disk drive as a boot disk or as an additional storage device"
"Resizes transferred partitions to match new hard disk size"
Looks perfect and worth around £40 !
What else, if anything, would be required to make that new HD act as the replacement for the original were it to fail in some way : just set the HD to be master via the jumpers ? Would the new HD need to be initially formatted ?
Hmm, looking at the details via the URL posted above it looks to be the answer to my needs : it :
"Clones an old hard disk drive to a new one"
"Installs a new hard disk drive as a boot disk or as an additional storage device"
"Resizes transferred partitions to match new hard disk size"
Looks perfect and worth around £40 !
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Originally Posted by andyr
Looking at some details for the Acronis product, it indicates that it can be used to 'clone' one hd to another : can I take from this that I can easily clone one HD running Win XP to another new HD ?
What else, if anything, would be required to make that new HD act as the replacement for the original were it to fail in some way : just set the HD to be master via the jumpers ? Would the new HD need to be initially formatted ?
Hmm, looking at the details via the URL posted above it looks to be the answer to my needs : it :
"Clones an old hard disk drive to a new one"
"Installs a new hard disk drive as a boot disk or as an additional storage device"
"Resizes transferred partitions to match new hard disk size"
Looks perfect and worth around £40 !
What else, if anything, would be required to make that new HD act as the replacement for the original were it to fail in some way : just set the HD to be master via the jumpers ? Would the new HD need to be initially formatted ?
Hmm, looking at the details via the URL posted above it looks to be the answer to my needs : it :
"Clones an old hard disk drive to a new one"
"Installs a new hard disk drive as a boot disk or as an additional storage device"
"Resizes transferred partitions to match new hard disk size"
Looks perfect and worth around £40 !
Worked a treat. It was really simple to set up too and is fully explained in the step by step process. At the end, you simply unplug the old drive and bingo - all is good!
Edit - IIRC there is no need to format the new drive either. I will try to confirm this.
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http://www.seagate.com/support/disc/...s/discwiz.html
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