Clone Hard Drive [message #415124] |
Wed, 23 December 2009 13:06 |
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I have HDD 1 connected via IDE
HDD 2 is connected via USB
What free ware program can I clone HDD 2 To HDD 1
on my main pc which both are pluged into?
(by that I mean the IDE one is pluged into my pc (not hard drive im running just another one in there) and my other hard drive which has the OS (windows xp) and etc connected via USB to my pc as well since I dont have anymore connections for IDE lol, so I can access them on my pc, open them up delete files etc But I which to clone them since HDD 1 is 100 gb bigger so please help?
Iv been trying to figure this out for a whiles and google is not helping I need someone with personal experience
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Re: Clone Hard Drive [message #415240 is a reply to message #415124] |
Thu, 24 December 2009 00:38 |
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Thanks guys, before I try any of these, anyway it is possible to damage my current HDD 2 with the OS on it?
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Re: Clone Hard Drive [message #415288 is a reply to message #415240] |
Thu, 24 December 2009 05:29 |
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Yes.
Toggle Spoiler1. it could crash during copy installations. Small chance, but it happens.
2. you could make a mistake and overwrite important OS files, causing the current install to be corrupted.
3. you could accidentally wipe the contents of the drive and with that deleting the OS.
4. any combination of the above
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Re: Clone Hard Drive [message #415329 is a reply to message #415288] |
Thu, 24 December 2009 10:00 |
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EvilWhiteDragon wrote on Thu, 24 December 2009 04:29 | Yes.
Toggle Spoiler1. it could crash during copy installations. Small chance, but it happens.
2. you could make a mistake and overwrite important OS files, causing the current install to be corrupted.
3. you could accidentally wipe the contents of the drive and with that deleting the OS.
4. any combination of the above
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Crap, but thanks, Hope this goes well
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Re: Clone Hard Drive [message #415369 is a reply to message #415360] |
Thu, 24 December 2009 13:20 |
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renalpha wrote on Thu, 24 December 2009 11:57 | raid 1 setup oons
try it, makes exact copy of the first drive.
Mostly used in servers.
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I considered that, When i have some extra money ill buy a raidcard for what ever type of pc slot i have haha
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Re: Clone Hard Drive [message #415556 is a reply to message #415547] |
Sat, 26 December 2009 03:21 |
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Speedy059 wrote on Fri, 25 December 2009 23:14 | If you had a linux computer near by you could use "dd" package to copy each byte from a HD to another HD.
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I have ubuntu does that also work for this?
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Re: Clone Hard Drive [message #415735 is a reply to message #415124] |
Sun, 27 December 2009 15:49 |
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Yes Ubuntu can have DD as well.
In SSH;
dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=4096
sda = HD you want to backup
sdb = HD you want to move everything to.
sda and sdb will most likely be different when you connect the HD's. Make sure you have another HD the exact same size as the one you are wanting to backup. Or you can copy "sda" to your current HD as a iso.
dd if=/dev/sda of=/oldhd.iso bs=2048
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