Re: Moving Active Partition


"TrickTrash" <guardclone-newz +removethis+ @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Dave

I have the tools to do as you suggest, but I've never done this before and
what i'm really trying to find out is; what are the unintended
consequences of taking an image and putting it on the other HDD.

Thanks for your reply

yours

TrickTrash


Risks associated with cloning the partition:
1. All damaged Operating System files will be cloned from the old drive
to the new drive. If you are already experiencing boot problems, it is
likely that, at a minimum, you will need to run System File Checker (sfc) on
the cloned disk.
2. For the average user, a hard disk experiences its most extreme usage
when installing an Operating System, and when cloning the disk. There is a
high risk, therefore, that the failing disk will die in the middle of the
clone process (been there, done that).
Steve


"Dave B." <mail@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You would have to free up space on the second drive as unallocated, then
use an image program that supports partition copy. It would be easier to
just replace the failing drive with a new one and do a complete image.

"TrickTrash" <guardclone-newz +removethis+ @yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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Recently I've noticed that one of my 2 Hard Disk Drives may be about to
fail; It's behaving erratically and occasionally refusing to boot.







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