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FyreDaug
01-03-08, 04:51 PM
Im going to start off by saying I havent done any searching as I have no time to at the moment. I got this one job going reinstalling windows and configuring their point of sale software, and one of the problems it had was a bad drive, the main start up drive. and windows would not boot.

From what the store owner recalls both of these drives were put in there at the same time, theres a main boot drive 30gb and a secondary drive 40gb for their POS software. I am currently running on a fresh windows install and have the software up and running, but I convinced the store owner to put a new drive in it and I picked it up today. I am going to want to CLONE all data including the windows install to the new 80gb drive.

I have dealt with some of this software in the past but nothing recently. I sold some norton ghosts but never really used it.

So what is the best way to clone this 40gb drive for the new 80gb and throw the -probably going to die soon- drive away to keep the data secure. Can I run the program (norton ghost perhaps? I have it lying around somewhere im sure) ON the computer itself or should I throw the 40gb and 80gb in my system to copy it over? (windows files or something?)

thanks guys, busy couple weeks here
tuskenraider
01-03-08, 04:59 PM
Quickest way? Go to drive manufacturer's site, download their disk utility program, make a CD or floppy with the program, use the "disk copy" feature to clone the drive.
FyreDaug
01-03-08, 05:06 PM
so essentially doing it in dos.... I see where your going, luckily THAT computer has a floppy drive in it. itll copy to anything right? will it auto format the new one in the same ntfs file format or should I do that before hand?
tuskenraider
01-03-08, 06:15 PM
so essentially doing it in dos.... I see where your going, luckily THAT computer has a floppy drive in it. itll copy to anything right? will it auto format the new one in the same ntfs file format or should I do that before hand?No need to format, the cloning will overwirte the formatting anyway.
jmsanders2
01-03-08, 06:22 PM
I can answer the throwing away to keep data secure part of the question :)....get some C4, strap it on the hdd, and take lots of pics of the blast radius to put on these forums!
FyreDaug
01-03-08, 09:56 PM
I can answer the throwing away to keep data secure part of the question :)....get some C4, strap it on the hdd, and take lots of pics of the blast radius to put on these forums!

well ill have 2 hard drives, so itll be like a DOUBLE explosion.... no c4 handy though.... ill use the disk utility so long as I can identify the drives (sometimes I get em with no stickers...)
FyreDaug
01-04-08, 04:38 PM
well it was a WD30gb and I just burned an iso with the data lifeguard tools, setup the drive and it went perfectly. thanks

edit, its nice and quiet now too heh