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Hey everyone, i just got my 500gb Seagate drive back after it bricked from the little firmware issue they had. I also just purchased a 1TB WD drive. I don't really trust the Seagate any more and want to use the 1tb drive as a backup. I had backed up everything 6 months ago but it's amazing how much stuff you accumulate in 6 months time. I am not too knowledgable in hardrives. Not enough to do anything complicated. Right now i am running Vista Ultimate 64 on the Seagate. Could i put another copy of Vista on the 1tb drive and just copy what i want over to it? That way if the Seagate dies again i can go right to the other drive. This will not be an external drive, just another bare drive in the bay. I realize i'm not going about it the best or most efficient way. Some people have explained better ways but most of it was over my head. I just want to be able to unplug the bad drive (if it goes bad) and continue with the other drive. So, would i run into any problems with Vista (not dual boot of course) on both my drives? Does it sound like this approach would work? Thanks, Jerry. -- iowabucks / Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H mobo / AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition / Nvidea GTX 260 / Sound Blaster X-FI Elite Pro / Corsair Dominator DDRII 4090 MB 1066 / Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gb / Zalman CNPS9700 CPU fan / Enermax Liberty 620W PSU / Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2 |
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The simplest way IMO is to buy an imaging program, eg Acronis TI.
This would create a complete image of your installation on the other drive, and if you use the the schedule option would keep the image files up to date "iowabucks" wrote in message ... Hey everyone, i just got my 500gb Seagate drive back after it bricked from the little firmware issue they had. I also just purchased a 1TB WD drive. I don't really trust the Seagate any more and want to use the 1tb drive as a backup. I had backed up everything 6 months ago but it's amazing how much stuff you accumulate in 6 months time. I am not too knowledgable in hardrives. Not enough to do anything complicated. Right now i am running Vista Ultimate 64 on the Seagate. Could i put another copy of Vista on the 1tb drive and just copy what i want over to it? That way if the Seagate dies again i can go right to the other drive. This will not be an external drive, just another bare drive in the bay. I realize i'm not going about it the best or most efficient way. Some people have explained better ways but most of it was over my head. I just want to be able to unplug the bad drive (if it goes bad) and continue with the other drive. So, would i run into any problems with Vista (not dual boot of course) on both my drives? Does it sound like this approach would work? Thanks, Jerry. -- iowabucks / Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H mobo / AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition / Nvidea GTX 260 / Sound Blaster X-FI Elite Pro / Corsair Dominator DDRII 4090 MB 1066 / Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gb / Zalman CNPS9700 CPU fan / Enermax Liberty 620W PSU / Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2 |
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The simplest way IMO is to buy an imaging program, eg Acronis TI.
This would create a complete image of your installation on the other drive, and if you use the the schedule option would keep the image files up to date "iowabucks" wrote in message ... Hey everyone, i just got my 500gb Seagate drive back after it bricked from the little firmware issue they had. I also just purchased a 1TB WD drive. I don't really trust the Seagate any more and want to use the 1tb drive as a backup. I had backed up everything 6 months ago but it's amazing how much stuff you accumulate in 6 months time. I am not too knowledgable in hardrives. Not enough to do anything complicated. Right now i am running Vista Ultimate 64 on the Seagate. Could i put another copy of Vista on the 1tb drive and just copy what i want over to it? That way if the Seagate dies again i can go right to the other drive. This will not be an external drive, just another bare drive in the bay. I realize i'm not going about it the best or most efficient way. Some people have explained better ways but most of it was over my head. I just want to be able to unplug the bad drive (if it goes bad) and continue with the other drive. So, would i run into any problems with Vista (not dual boot of course) on both my drives? Does it sound like this approach would work? Thanks, Jerry. -- iowabucks / Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H mobo / AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition / Nvidea GTX 260 / Sound Blaster X-FI Elite Pro / Corsair Dominator DDRII 4090 MB 1066 / Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gb / Zalman CNPS9700 CPU fan / Enermax Liberty 620W PSU / Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2 |
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download this and clone the drive (proportional) 'DiscWizard | Seagate' (http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD) -- pacinitaly SpellCherkers aren't worth a shirt ya no If I helped you, please tip my scales. If I have not, curse me out like a drunken sailor |
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download this and clone the drive (proportional) 'DiscWizard | Seagate' (http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD) -- pacinitaly SpellCherkers aren't worth a shirt ya no If I helped you, please tip my scales. If I have not, curse me out like a drunken sailor |
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DiscWizard sounds like what i'm looking for. Is it possible to make a clone of my drive with an OS and leave it hooked up to my motherboard so i can migrate what information i want, when i want, or will i have a problem with two drives each with the same OS? -- iowabucks / Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H mobo / AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition / Nvidea GTX 260 / Sound Blaster X-FI Elite Pro / Corsair Dominator DDRII 4090 MB 1066 / Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gb / Zalman CNPS9700 CPU fan / Enermax Liberty 620W PSU / Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2 |
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DiscWizard sounds like what i'm looking for.
Is it possible to make a clone of my drive with an OS and leave it hooked up to my motherboard so i can migrate what information i want, when i want, or will i have a problem with two drives each with the same OS? -- iowabucks / Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H mobo / AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition / Nvidea GTX 260 / Sound Blaster X-FI Elite Pro / Corsair Dominator DDRII 4090 MB 1066 / Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gb / Zalman CNPS9700 CPU fan / Enermax Liberty 620W PSU / Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2 |
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iowabucks;1231817 Wrote: DiscWizard sounds like what i'm looking for. Is it possible to make a clone of my drive with an OS and leave it hooked up to my motherboard so i can migrate what information i want, when i want, or will i have a problem with two drives each with the same OS? there will be a CLONE=exact image of the old drive. you will have all the stuff from the original.arty: -- pacinitaly SpellCherkers aren't worth a shirt ya no If I helped you, please tip my scales. If I have not, curse me out like a drunken sailor |
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iowabucks;1231817 Wrote: DiscWizard sounds like what i'm looking for. Is it possible to make a clone of my drive with an OS and leave it hooked up to my motherboard so i can migrate what information i want, when i want, or will i have a problem with two drives each with the same OS? there will be a CLONE=exact image of the old drive. you will have all the stuff from the original.arty: -- pacinitaly SpellCherkers aren't worth a shirt ya no If I helped you, please tip my scales. If I have not, curse me out like a drunken sailor |
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I started the Disc Wizard clone but backed out because i still have a few questions. If i make a clone of the original drive, would i be able to leave the clone hooked up to the mobo afterwards, or would i be better off taking it out? I currently have the first drive set as drive C and F (2 partitions). It looks like it will name the clone C and F also. Will i be able to change the drive letters to G and H and leave it attached to the motherboard to transfer data from one drive to the other later? I guess i'm just trying to figure out how to keep them both hooked up and back them up occationally. Thanks, Jerry -- iowabucks / Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H mobo / AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition / Nvidea GTX 260 / Sound Blaster X-FI Elite Pro / Corsair Dominator DDRII 4090 MB 1066 / Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gb / Zalman CNPS9700 CPU fan / Enermax Liberty 620W PSU / Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2 |
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