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      12th Nov 2007
Hi I wish to copy over files from one drive to the other

it is around 350 - 400gigabytes of data
should I copy it over using windows?

Or would it be quicker to use Norton Ghost?

What do you all think?

 


 
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      12th Nov 2007
Just use windows for what it's worth, it's going to take a little bit of time either way (1.5 hours perhaps?).
 
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cool any difference in speed?

I was thinking I could do it folder by folder just to be safe

the other point is it's sata to sata so norton ghost might not detect sata drives?

 


 
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      12th Nov 2007
Really no point in using Ghost, just do a file transfer.

And data will only travel at a certain maximum speed down a given bus path

 
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windows xp it is then!

Sata to Sata both sata one on the motherboard but sata 2 hard drives
hope that makes sense

should be faster than IDE!

 


 
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      13th Nov 2007
351 gb all in all

copying it over as I type

approx 130-150 minutes

psd99 holds his breath!


I hope to wake up to it all copied but I dread I will get one of those "Do you want to copy read only" question somewhere very soon! Then it will stop copying untill I click yes!

 


 
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Crude method I had to use once was to jam the enter key on the keyboard down... that was for scandisk asking to fix bad clusters, I swear I would have been there for several days if I hadn't! (Disclaimer: Please no-one do this if you value your keyboard...)

 
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lol thanks ill take notes for nex time!

its all copied

 


 
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