copy hard drive?

[Anna]

Anna,

No I haven't and only because the trial version indicated that it would
not support volume resizing. The additonal space is my original reason
for the clone. I may just opt for the full version. I'm still a little
perplexed about the formatting. Sorry for the delay as I was away for a
few days.

rc:
While it is true that the trial version of the Casper 6 program contains
that volume resizing limitation as I explained in my previous post
describing that program, I really think (at the minimum) you should give it
a try since there's virtually nothing to really lose by so doing.

Since you've apparently had this ongoing problem using the Acronis
disk-cloning program let's see if there's a similar failure using the Casper
program. If there is, then you would know something is amiss with the HDD -
either the source disk or the destination disk. (We'll rule out for the time
being the possibility of both disks being defective.) And you have checked
out both disks with the Hitachi HDD diagnostic utility, right?

So what if the Casper disk-cloning operation completes successfully and
creates a partition on the destination HDD (your 80 GB Hitachi) only large
enough to contain the complete contents of your 20 GB HDD? What's the real
harm here? At least you'll know that a successful disk-cloning operation can
be achieved and you'll have a bootable functional HDD for the moment. And
who knows? Should that happen you may even be enticed to purchase the
licensed version of the Casper 6 program which, of course, does not have
that volume resizing limitation.
Anna

 

[rc]

I didn't know of the Hitachi HDD diagnotic tool. Which tool are you
referring to? In regards to Casper...I think I am inclined to at least give
it a shot. Thanks

 

[Anna]

I didn't know of the Hitachi HDD diagnotic tool. Which tool are you
referring to? In regards to Casper...I think I am inclined to at least give
it a shot. Thanks

rc...
See...
http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm
for the Hitachi Drive Fitness Test. You can create both a bootable CD and a
bootable floppy disk to include this HDD diagnostic utility program. You can
use the program (usually) even with a non-Hitachi HDD.

Also, take a look at the Hard Disk Sentinel (HDSentinel) program at...
http://www.hdsentinel.com/index.php
The free version should be more than suitable for you.

And I think you would be wise to at least try out the trial version of the
Casper 6 program.
Anna

 

[rc]

Thanks group for all of you help and support. Unfortunately, I have come to
the conclustion that it is indeed the HDD itself. All of your suggestions
and helpful hints ordinarily would have been very beneficial if I were
dealing with a good piece of hardware. Thanks again