1:1 clone of physical disk (dynamic)

[FrankA]

Hi!

the question is so simple and I cannot believe, there is no solution:

I want to clone (copy sector by sector) 1:1 a HDD that is part of a software
mirror on a win2k server to a new HDD same modell same brand. (reason: old
HDD must be reactivated very often and has block read errors).

the latest ghost, drivecopy, driveimage and whatever are not able to do
that!!!

plz Help!

thx in advance.

F.

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

In

Hi!

the question is so simple and I cannot believe, there is no solution:

I want to clone (copy sector by sector) 1:1 a HDD that is part of a
software mirror on a win2k server to a new HDD same modell same
brand. (reason: old HDD must be reactivated very often and has block
read errors).

the latest ghost, drivecopy, driveimage and whatever are not able to
do that!!!

plz Help!

thx in advance.

F.

Why will Ghost not do what you want?

I've used it many times to achive just what you seem to be describing.

 

[FrankA]

Why will Ghost not do what you want?

I've used it many times to achive just what you seem to be describing.

tried it with ghost 2003 and no luck.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/pfdocs/2000062209523525?Open

first time a had also an raid0 partition on that disk: it failed.
a.. "Ghost does not support dynamic disks having spanned, striped, or RAID-5
volumes. "

"If using Norton Ghost 2003 to clone a dynamic disk, first apply the
available fixes to the program by running LiveUpdate"

-> how that when I use the DOS ghost.exe from booting the ghost 2003 cd?

"To clone a dynamic disk
The best way to use Ghost to clone a dynamic disk is to perform a
partition-to-image cloning operation and not a disk-to-image cloning
operation. To clone the entire disk, perform a partition-to-image operation
and select all partitions on the source disk"

I want to clone disk -> disk!!!!!


F.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

I'd thought that Ghost should be able to get you where you want to go, but,
for what it's worth, I
recommend using *hardware* RAID only on servers. Yes, I know I'm not
answering your question and probably sound like a nosy neighbor. Just
thought I'd put in my unsolicited $.02 -

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

In Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
<[email protected]> fumbled,
fiddled and fingered:

I recommend using *hardware* RAID only on servers.

what she said !!! ) ... definately!

 

[FrankA]

recommend using *hardware* RAID only on servers. Yes, I know I'm not

i know you're right and not only that but also exchange IDE drives with SCSI
or SATA 24/7 ones....