Clone harddisk

[Alan T]

Is it possible to clone a harddisk?
I have a new machine has Vista Ultimate installed.
I have another machine has a harddisk has partitions C and D with dual boot
Win2K on C and XP on D. That harddisk is nearly dead I think, because it
sometimes hang and cannot be boot up.
I would like to buy a new harddisk so that I can put this new harddisk and
the nearly dead harddisk into my Vista machine. Then I clone the nearly dead
harddisk into my new harddisk.
After that I can put the new harddisk into the original machine to have the
Win2K and XP dual boot.
is it possible?

 

[Guest]

Yes - You will need software such the one on the link below:

http://www.nero-download.net/
There are a few other factors that need to be considered, before attempting
what you wish to do.
Learn about image a DVD first.
Wiil forward additional points later,.
Others may add more advice.

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Bob J
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[Alan T]

Hi,

I have Nero installed in my Vista machine.

Yes - You will need software such the one on the link below:

http://www.nero-download.net/
There are a few other factors that need to be considered, before attempting
what you wish to do.
Learn about image a DVD first.
Wiil forward additional points later,.
Others may add more advice.

--
Regards
Bob J
If advise given from anyone, solves problem or not, or if solved from
another source,post back & let us know.
Then we all benefit.

 

[Guest]

I am compiling info so I can send in one go.
Quick as I can.
Do you understand how to create an image file with Nero?
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Regards
Bob J
If advise given from anyone, solves problem or not, or if solved from
another source,post back & let us know.
Then we all benefit.

 

[Alun Harford]

Is it possible to clone a harddisk?
I have a new machine has Vista Ultimate installed.
I have another machine has a harddisk has partitions C and D with dual boot
Win2K on C and XP on D. That harddisk is nearly dead I think, because it
sometimes hang and cannot be boot up.
I would like to buy a new harddisk so that I can put this new harddisk and
the nearly dead harddisk into my Vista machine. Then I clone the nearly dead
harddisk into my new harddisk.
After that I can put the new harddisk into the original machine to have the
Win2K and XP dual boot.
is it possible?

<disclaimer>I am not a linux troll</disclaimer>

Those Linux CD distros are useful for this stuff. Download Knoppix and
boot from that.
Then find out the file names of the two hard drives are (/dev/hda and
/dev/hdb probably) - you could use a partitioning tool like parted or
cfdisk or whatever to work out which drives you want to be working with.
Then use the dd command to clone the drive. For example, to make a clone
of /dev/hda on disk /dev/hdb type:

dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=32768

Don't get if and of the wrong way round or you'll lose your data.

Alun Harford

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi Alan,

Most new drives come with software included for doing this, for others you
can find utilities on the manufacturer's site. There's no reason to need to
pull the old drive and slave it in the Vista machine unless you like the
extra work.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Umesh Thota]

Hii, also check how much life ur harddisk got left try HDDLife
www.hddlife.com

 

[ray]

Is it possible to clone a harddisk?
I have a new machine has Vista Ultimate installed.
I have another machine has a harddisk has partitions C and D with dual boot
Win2K on C and XP on D. That harddisk is nearly dead I think, because it
sometimes hang and cannot be boot up.
I would like to buy a new harddisk so that I can put this new harddisk and
the nearly dead harddisk into my Vista machine. Then I clone the nearly dead
harddisk into my new harddisk.
After that I can put the new harddisk into the original machine to have the
Win2K and XP dual boot.
is it possible?

Sure it's possible. Earlier this year I replaced the 40gb drive in my
laptop with a 120gb. I used a Linux Live CD with partimage to copy the
partitions to an external USB drive, the swapped drives and used the same
Live CD to copy the partitions to the new drive and rebooted. Worked fine.

 

[Gary G. Little]

Actually, this question has been answered several times here, and on other
groups.

I found the easiest way was to simply create an image of the Vista install
using Complete PC Backup, install the new drive, boot to the Vista DVD and
restore the image to the new drive. Put the image on a drive that Vista can
see and you should no difficulty.

 

[Alan T]

Yes, I think I know how to create an image file.

I am compiling info so I can send in one go.
Quick as I can.
Do you understand how to create an image file with Nero?
--
Regards
Bob J
If advise given from anyone, solves problem or not, or if solved from
another source,post back & let us know.
Then we all benefit.