Cloning

ameneses54 · 07-27-2008, 06:10 AM

Dear users:
I have two hard drives in my Dell Dimension 8400, one drive (250 Gig) holds the OS and the other is my data drive( 400Gig).
The situation is that the Data drive , according to HDDLIFE PRO is at 40% of its health status and running very hot and should be considered for replacement.
Now the question, how do I clone this drive if I don't have any other available slot on my computer?
I can't image it on the 250 Gig due to space as the 400Gig is almost 90 % full.

Please advice.

Arturo

~~wiseleo~~ · 07-27-2008, 06:41 AM

Just clone it using my procedure. Use an external USB drive. Easy. :)

**Deleted090308** · 07-27-2008, 07:30 AM

http://www.techsupportforum.com/cont...ticles/47.html

ameneses54 · 07-27-2008, 09:04 AM

Thanks.
The problem is that my external uSB has 160GB and is almost full

**Deleted090308** · 07-27-2008, 10:40 AM

There's no way around it - you'll need at least 250GB free space for the clone.

~~wiseleo~~ · 07-27-2008, 05:20 PM

You will either spend on a new external drive now, while the data is still readily available, or you'll spend a lot more in the future.

You can mount your new drive that you'll be using internally in the external enclosure and do a direct disk-to-disk clone "ddrescue -n /dev/sda /dev/sdb". Cost shouldn't exceed $100 as of July '2008. You'd want to disconnect the other internal drives first to ensure that you don't overwrite your 400GB drive. :)

07-27-2008, 06:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
ameneses54 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 10 OS: xp	Cloning Dear users: I have two hard drives in my Dell Dimension 8400, one drive (250 Gig) holds the OS and the other is my data drive( 400Gig). The situation is that the Data drive , according to HDDLIFE PRO is at 40% of its health status and running very hot and should be considered for replacement. Now the question, how do I clone this drive if I don't have any other available slot on my computer? I can't image it on the 250 Gig due to space as the 400Gig is almost 90 % full. Please advice. Arturo

07-27-2008, 06:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
~~wiseleo~~ Troubled Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 461 OS: Win 2003 SP2 My System	Re: Cloning Just clone it using my procedure. Use an external USB drive. Easy. :)

07-27-2008, 07:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Cloning http://www.techsupportforum.com/cont...ticles/47.html

07-27-2008, 09:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
ameneses54 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 10 OS: xp	Re: Cloning Thanks. The problem is that my external uSB has 160GB and is almost full

07-27-2008, 10:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Cloning There's no way around it - you'll need at least 250GB free space for the clone.

07-27-2008, 05:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
~~wiseleo~~ Troubled Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 461 OS: Win 2003 SP2 My System	Re: Cloning You will either spend on a new external drive now, while the data is still readily available, or you'll spend a lot more in the future. You can mount your new drive that you'll be using internally in the external enclosure and do a direct disk-to-disk clone "ddrescue -n /dev/sda /dev/sdb". Cost shouldn't exceed $100 as of July '2008. You'd want to disconnect the other internal drives first to ensure that you don't overwrite your 400GB drive. :)