Is there a HDD mirroring software??

GMdoubleG · 08-14-09, 08:20 PM

Hello all,

I have a good friend who has an older laptop with an 80GB HDD that contains everything including his OS. He just bought a 250GB HDD to replace the one he has now and he wants to switch them out. His main problem is he has lost all the DVDs that came with the laptop including his XP Home Edition DVD with the activation code. Is there a freeware program, or inexpensive program, that will mirror his old HDD to his new HDD?

I have no experience with this kind of stuff so any suggestions will be great!!

Thanks

nd4spdbh2 · 08-14-09, 08:27 PM

acronis true image home. works awesome. use it all the time. The best way to probably do it would be to have an external hd and use the acronics bootable media on a flash drive or cd... boot up the acronis boot cd and do a full backup of the 80gb to the external... then put the new hd in and restore to the new hd.

GMdoubleG · 08-14-09, 09:21 PM

So when I use the boot CD, I boot the same way to would to load an OS?

Trap05 · 08-14-09, 09:23 PM

Yes you boot the same way

xtkxhom3r · 08-14-09, 09:27 PM

i also recommend acronis it is a excellent program

GMdoubleG · 08-14-09, 09:41 PM

I assume everything will go smoothly, but if it doesn't, I can just plug the 80GB HDD back into the laptop and it will be the same, correct? The acronis program doesn't alter the files on the drive in any way?

xtkxhom3r · 08-15-09, 01:46 AM

yes the hdd will be fine all the program does is make a copy

pharoer · 08-15-09, 06:45 AM

Dunno if Acronis is free, This: http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm however is free for personal use

Shelnutt2 · 08-15-09, 08:12 AM

Pop in a linux lice cd and use the dd command.

pharoer · 08-15-09, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Shelnutt2

Pop in a linux lice cd and use the dd command.

dd has a slight problem in that the backup will have the same 80GB partition as the original with the 170GB rest unpartitioned and "free"

conway · 08-15-09, 04:52 PM

Acronis True Image home is well-worth the price. Sometimes Newegg even has it for under $10.

pinkles · 08-15-09, 07:03 PM

I have heard of this thing called "ghosting". I think that does what u are asking... i dont really know though, iv just hear that term thrown around a few times

conway · 08-15-09, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by pinkles

I have heard of this thing called "ghosting". I think that does what u are asking... i dont really know though, iv just hear that term thrown around a few times

Ghosting refers to cloning with Norton/Symantec Ghost

visbits · 08-16-09, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by conway

Ghosting refers to cloning with Norton/Symantec Ghost

I'm a fan of ghost, I like using network imaging.

pinkles · 08-16-09, 02:27 PM

ohh, normally when I see the word "Norton" I run as fast as I can the other direction

Neuromancer · 08-16-09, 02:42 PM

Ghost is not bad, and was the standard for a long time. I also recommend Acronis TI been running it since build 7 and love it. Great for installing OSes onto raid setups too

08-14-09, 08:20 PM	Thread Starter #1
GMdoubleG Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Santa Cruz, Ca	Is there a HDD mirroring software?? Hello all, I have a good friend who has an older laptop with an 80GB HDD that contains everything including his OS. He just bought a 250GB HDD to replace the one he has now and he wants to switch them out. His main problem is he has lost all the DVDs that came with the laptop including his XP Home Edition DVD with the activation code. Is there a freeware program, or inexpensive program, that will mirror his old HDD to his new HDD? I have no experience with this kind of stuff so any suggestions will be great!! Thanks __________________ MoBo: ASUS P6T Deluxe 2 CPU: i7 920 D0 RAM: Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz GPU: EVGA 480GTX PSU: Corsair AX850W Water Loop: Koolance 452X2->XSPC RX360->XSPC RX360->Apogee XT->EK 480GTX WB->Koolance 452X2 Gental Typhoon x 6
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08-14-09, 08:27 PM	#2
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GMdoubleG Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Santa Cruz, Ca	So when I use the boot CD, I boot the same way to would to load an OS? __________________ MoBo: ASUS P6T Deluxe 2 CPU: i7 920 D0 RAM: Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz GPU: EVGA 480GTX PSU: Corsair AX850W Water Loop: Koolance 452X2->XSPC RX360->XSPC RX360->Apogee XT->EK 480GTX WB->Koolance 452X2 Gental Typhoon x 6
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08-14-09, 09:41 PM	Thread Starter #6
GMdoubleG Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Santa Cruz, Ca	I assume everything will go smoothly, but if it doesn't, I can just plug the 80GB HDD back into the laptop and it will be the same, correct? The acronis program doesn't alter the files on the drive in any way? __________________ MoBo: ASUS P6T Deluxe 2 CPU: i7 920 D0 RAM: Corsair XMS3 1600Mhz GPU: EVGA 480GTX PSU: Corsair AX850W Water Loop: Koolance 452X2->XSPC RX360->XSPC RX360->Apogee XT->EK 480GTX WB->Koolance 452X2 Gental Typhoon x 6
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08-15-09, 01:46 AM	#7
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08-15-09, 06:45 AM	#8
pharoer Member Join Date: Dec 2008	Dunno if Acronis is free, This: http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm however is free for personal use
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08-15-09, 08:12 AM	#9
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08-15-09, 07:03 PM	#12
pinkles Member Join Date: Jun 2009	I have heard of this thing called "ghosting". I think that does what u are asking... i dont really know though, iv just hear that term thrown around a few times
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pinkles Member Join Date: Jun 2009	ohh, normally when I see the word "Norton" I run as fast as I can the other direction
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