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Copying a hard drive help.
Name: Phil Date: August 12, 2003 at 10:45:08 Pacific OS: Windows XP, SP1 CPU/Ram: AMD Athlon 1800+, 512 DDR
Comment:
Alright, here's the problem.
my first hard disk (we'll say HD1) has bad sectors, its still accessable (barely), but running my comp off it causes many freezes. My second disk (Hd2) is a secondary slave, formatted, and i can drag-copy files over from HD1, booting from HD1. Here; the problem is the fact I want all my files from Hd1 on Hd2, then i'll set hd2 as the master, and remove hd2. Is there any way I can do this? and if there's a program, where can I get it. Thanks in advance.
Name: ceri sheeran Date: August 12, 2003 at 10:53:59 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
These programs will do this for you
PowerQuest Drive Image
Symantec Ghost
Acronis True Image
Ghost & Drive Image can be purchased on line
hth
Ceri
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Response Number 2
Name: Karma Date: August 12, 2003 at 10:54:07 Pacific
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edit: and yeah, i know about xcopy. But, for some reason "xcopy c:\*.* D:\/c/h/e/k/r" just flashes up the box, which then disappears. ::sighs::
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Response Number 3
Name: Doug Date: August 12, 2003 at 18:09:05 Pacific
Reply:
Go to the website of your hard drive manufacturer and download a FREE copy program.
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Response Number 4
Name: Karma Date: August 12, 2003 at 19:04:23 Pacific
Reply:
erm, k. I have the HD imaged, but, the first is still there, and although all the files from the first are on the second HD, if i remove the first windows fails to load, and the first is obviously still being used (as im still getting errors). Windows fails at the bluescreen with windows XP logo on it, after the initial bootup, just before it'd come up with which user I wanted to login as. Any ideas on how to fix that?
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