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Hi, before I use Ghost to backup my harddrive into an img and then
copy it to another hard drive. Is there any easy way that I can just
make a mirror on the other hard drive just the way it is now. I have a
laptop, my old hard drive is 80GB, and I bought a 120GB. So any
software can do that job? Thank you for your time.


Clark
 
Hi, before I use Ghost to backup my harddrive into an img and then
copy it to another hard drive. Is there any easy way that I can just
make a mirror on the other hard drive just the way it is now. I have a
laptop, my old hard drive is 80GB, and I bought a 120GB. So any
software can do that job? Thank you for your time.
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Get an adaptor to connect the new drive through USB to the laptop, then use
Ghost to clone the old drive to the new. Remove the old drive, install the
new, and boot with it.
 
Get an adaptor to connect the new drive through USB to the laptop, then use
Ghost to clone the old drive to the new. Remove the old drive, install the
new, and boot with it.
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Well, guess what I was using Ghost 2003, so it doesn't have that
option. But once I upgrade to 2005 9.0 version. That option shows up.
Now I am facing another problem, since I am using a Vaio laptop, it
has a hidden partition for restoring operating system. I seperated my
new hard drive into 2 partitions by using PowerQuest PatitionMagic
8.0, and clone each petitions into 2 new ones. But the problem is
still not solved. I tried to restart my computer with the new hard
drive installed. It shows some file missing or corrupt. Do I have to
repeat the whole procedure again, what did I do wrong? Thanks for your
time

Clark
 
Well, guess what I was using Ghost 2003, so it doesn't have that
option. But once I upgrade to 2005 9.0 version. That option shows up.
Now I am facing another problem, since I am using a Vaio laptop, it
has a hidden partition for restoring operating system. I seperated my
new hard drive into 2 partitions by using PowerQuest PatitionMagic
8.0, and clone each petitions into 2 new ones. But the problem is
still not solved. I tried to restart my computer with the new hard
drive installed. It shows some file missing or corrupt. Do I have to
repeat the whole procedure again, what did I do wrong? Thanks for your
time

Clark
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Clark:
Rock's suggestion is a good one although I would modify it a bit along these
lines...

1. Purchase a USB external HDD enclosure to (temporarily) house your new 120
GB HDD. Make sure the enclosure is designed for 2 1/2" laptop/notebook
drives.

2. Using Ghost 2003, clone the contents of your present 80 GB HDD to the 120
GB drive. We've used the Ghost 2003 program for many years in an XP
environment to carry out disk cloning operations. We prefer to use the
program with a Ghost 2003 bootable floppy disk that can be easily created
from the program. You can also create a Ghost 2003 bootable CD however you
*first* need to create the bootable floppy disk before you can create the
CD. While you can carry out the disk cloning operation using the
Windows/Ghost GUI we've always preferred to use the bootable floppy disk (or
bootable CD) for this operation. If you're interested I can post
step-by-step instructions for carrying out the disk cloning operation with a
Ghost 2003 bootable floppy disk or bootable CD.

3. Following the disk cloning operation simply remove the 120 GB HDD from
its USB enclosure and install it in your laptop. Assuming you cloned an
uncorrupted functional XP OS from your source disk, the cloned HDD should be
immediately bootable and functional.

4. Then install your old 80 GB HDD in the USB enclosure and use it routinely
as the destination disk for subsequent disk cloning (backup) purposes.

We've never been thrilled with either Symantec's Ghost 9 or 10 versions.
We've found these programs awkward to use for basic disk cloning operations
and not entirely effective so we preferred to remain with the Norton Ghost
2003 version along the lines I've indicated above. We've found that using
the Ghost 2003 bootable floppy disk or bootable CD for basic disk cloning
operations is a relatively simple, straightforward, and effective process.
Anna
 
Well, guess what I was using Ghost 2003, so it doesn't have that
option. But once I upgrade to 2005 9.0 version. That option shows up.
Now I am facing another problem, since I am using a Vaio laptop, it
has a hidden partition for restoring operating system. I seperated my
new hard drive into 2 partitions by using PowerQuest PatitionMagic
8.0, and clone each petitions into 2 new ones. But the problem is
still not solved. I tried to restart my computer with the new hard
drive installed. It shows some file missing or corrupt. Do I have to
repeat the whole procedure again, what did I do wrong? Thanks for your
time
Click to expand...


Sorry I don't use Ghost so I can't help with that.
 
Clark:
Rock's suggestion is a good one although I would modify it a bit along these
lines...

1. Purchase a USB external HDD enclosure to (temporarily) house your new 120
GB HDD. Make sure the enclosure is designed for 2 1/2" laptop/notebook
drives.

2. Using Ghost 2003, clone the contents of your present 80 GB HDD to the 120
GB drive. We've used the Ghost 2003 program for many years in an XP
environment to carry out disk cloning operations. We prefer to use the
program with a Ghost 2003 bootable floppy disk that can be easily created
from the program. You can also create a Ghost 2003 bootable CD however you
*first* need to create the bootable floppy disk before you can create the
CD. While you can carry out the disk cloning operation using the
Windows/Ghost GUI we've always preferred to use the bootable floppy disk (or
bootable CD) for this operation. If you're interested I can post
step-by-step instructions for carrying out the disk cloning operation with a
Ghost 2003 bootable floppy disk or bootable CD.

3. Following the disk cloning operation simply remove the 120 GB HDD from
its USB enclosure and install it in your laptop. Assuming you cloned an
uncorrupted functional XP OS from your source disk, the cloned HDD should be
immediately bootable and functional.

4. Then install your old 80 GB HDD in the USB enclosure and use it routinely
as the destination disk for subsequent disk cloning (backup) purposes.

We've never been thrilled with either Symantec's Ghost 9 or 10 versions.
We've found these programs awkward to use for basic disk cloning operations
and not entirely effective so we preferred to remain with the Norton Ghost
2003 version along the lines I've indicated above. We've found that using
the Ghost 2003 bootable floppy disk or bootable CD for basic disk cloning
operations is a relatively simple, straightforward, and effective process.
Anna
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Hi, Anna. Thanks for the reply. I did all that, you know the 2.5" USD
HDD case. Except the 2003 Ghost I have was corrupt for some reason,
and wouldn't open the main interface, so I have to uninstall it and
install 2005 on there. I think the problem is the hidden partition
Vaio has. I will just clone the C drive itself this time, and se e
what happens. I will let you guys now. Thanks

Clarke
 
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