Cloning different size drives using Ghost 9

[louise]

I have a 160 gig SATA Samsung drive which has been the
object of much discussion recently because it is
showing an error and hutil reports it has "defects".

Fearing failure, I've purchased a replacement drive: I've
gotten the Seagate ST3300622AS SATA 2 300 gig drive. This
drive can be run on my Asus P4C800 E Deluxe at 1.5

I own Ghost 9 and would like to use it to clone the 160 gig
Samsung to the 300 gig Seagate.

Is this likely to work? And assuming it works, is there any
way to clone the Samsung but have the new Seagate be seen as
my C drive with the full size (300 gig).

In other words, if I clone the 160 gig drive, I don't want
to land up with a new C drive which thinks it is 160 gig
when it is actually 300 gig. And I would prefer to have the
whole 300 gig as one partition.

Can I do this with Ghost 9? If not, can it be done another
way?

I run many different programs and each is "customized" with
all my preferences etc. I would very much like to avoid
having to re-load the entire drive - so much so, that if
that's the only way, I may just wait for the Samsung to fail
(yes, I do backup every day).

Thanks to all of you for your help and explorations of this
situation.

Louise

 

[Rod Speed]

I have a 160 gig SATA Samsung drive which has been the object of much discussion
recently because it is
showing an error and hutil reports it has "defects".

Fearing failure, I've purchased a replacement drive:

Mad, the original drive is fine.

I've gotten the Seagate ST3300622AS SATA 2 300 gig drive. This drive can be run on my
Asus P4C800 E Deluxe at 1.5

I own Ghost 9 and would like to use it to clone the 160 gig Samsung to the 300 gig
Seagate.

Is this likely to work?

Yes, it will work fine, just as long as you physically disconnect the
Samsung for the first boot of the Seagate after the clone is made.

Its absolutely essential that you do that, otherwise when you boot
the Seagate it will appear to work fine, but wont boot anymore
if you remove the Samsung or format it and use it for data storage.

And assuming it works, is there any way to clone the Samsung but have the new Seagate be
seen as my C drive with the full size (300 gig).

That will be automatic, it will fill the new drive if you clone
the physical drive and not just the partition on the samsung.

In other words, if I clone the 160 gig drive, I don't want
to land up with a new C drive which thinks it is 160 gig
when it is actually 300 gig. And I would prefer to have the
whole 300 gig as one partition.

Can I do this with Ghost 9?
Yes.

If not, can it be done another way?

Yes, I prefer to use True Image myself.

I run many different programs and each is "customized" with
all my preferences etc. I would very much like to avoid
having to re-load the entire drive - so much so, that if
that's the only way, I may just wait for the Samsung to fail
(yes, I do backup every day).

It isnt going to fail.

 

[louise]

Mad, the original drive is fine.




Yes, it will work fine, just as long as you physically disconnect the
Samsung for the first boot of the Seagate after the clone is made.

Its absolutely essential that you do that, otherwise when you boot
the Seagate it will appear to work fine, but wont boot anymore
if you remove the Samsung or format it and use it for data storage.


That will be automatic, it will fill the new drive if you clone
the physical drive and not just the partition on the samsung.



Yes, I prefer to use True Image myself.


It isnt going to fail.

Maybe it isn't going to fail and I hope you're right about that.

However, the new drive was $109 and will allow me to change
drives when I have time, on my schedule - rather than
risking a crash at a moment when I really need to work and
suddenly don't have my programs or my data available.

The convenience of correcting what might be a problem on my
schedule is what led me to purchase the new drive.

Louise

 

[Rod Speed]

Rod Speed wrote

Maybe it isn't going to fail

Its at no more risk of failing than any other drive.

The only reason that sector wasnt automatically remapped by
the drive is because it hasnt been written to since it went bad.

and I hope you're right about that.

However, the new drive was $109 and will allow me to change drives when I have time, on
my schedule - rather than
risking a crash at a moment when I really need to work and
suddenly don't have my programs or my data available.

Thats what backups are for.

The convenience of correcting what might be a problem on my schedule is what led me to
purchase the new drive.

Its at no more risk of failing than any other drive.

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Maybe it isn't going to fail and I hope you're right about that.

However, the new drive was $109 and will allow me to change
drives when I have time, on my schedule - rather than
risking a crash at a moment when I really need to work and
suddenly don't have my programs or my data available.

That may happen with your new drive as well. The chance that that
happens may well be greater than your Samsung dying since the
Samsung has proven it's reliability already and your new one has
not . It may die infant death even, without any prior notification.

The convenience of correcting what might be a problem on my
schedule is what led me to purchase the new drive.

So you embarked on a new risk.