clone hd ?
Tuesday, March 6, 2007 by jinxjx | Discussion: Personal Computing
hi all, what is the easiest way to clone your hd. i'm thinking about getting another hd just so i can clone my original. what are the steps do i need to take and use ?...thank you
PurrBall
Reply #3 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:33 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:33 PM
Once you have cloned the hard drive you can take it out.
Using an external HD wouldn't be any faster while copying data. USB cant transport data as fast. But if you have an external USB drive it is safe if you manage to fry your system as long as you unplug it.
(I wish I had one before I went and fried my HD)
Using an external HD wouldn't be any faster while copying data. USB cant transport data as fast. But if you have an external USB drive it is safe if you manage to fry your system as long as you unplug it.
(I wish I had one before I went and fried my HD)
jinxjx
Reply #4 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:39 PM
Reply #4 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:39 PM
ok, thank you, now i have to pick which software , i'll have to do some more reading.... 
boss0190
Reply #6 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:44 PM
Reply #6 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:44 PM
Yeah, I use TrueImage and backup to my external....It's saved me many many times.
jinxjx
Reply #7 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:52 PM
Reply #7 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:52 PM
so, this is paid version or is there a free trial version?...thanks...EDIT : hey boss, i just got a couple of your wallpaper plug it in and blown glass, very nice 
jinxjx
Reply #8 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:57 PM
Reply #8 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 8:57 PM
they do have free trials. they also have "migrate easy" trial too. but i wonder how limited it is ? thanks...
scorpNZ
Reply #9 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 10:10 PM
Reply #9 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 10:10 PM
The link below the 2nd paragraph will come in handy if you strike trouble with whatever app you use and you need some free help from peeps that specialise in imaging
If your primary drive has multiple partitions and you intend to image to a larger drive you'll also need a partitioning tool like norton partition magic v8.0 or something similar to resize the partitions,you'll see why when you do the image job
WWW Link
If your primary drive has multiple partitions and you intend to image to a larger drive you'll also need a partitioning tool like norton partition magic v8.0 or something similar to resize the partitions,you'll see why when you do the image job
WWW Link
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Reply #1 Tuesday, March 6, 2007 6:05 PM
I did find one very simple, free utility that did the same thing though. You might want to Google for a free disk imaging software.