Re: Disk mirroring vs. recovery cd's

You are confusing the terminology which is getting you conflicting answers.
Disk mirroring is something very different from disk cloning or imaging.
Disk mirroring is done in real time. Two disks are updated simutaneously all
the time when the computer is running. Disk imaging or cloning is what True
Image does. It takes a one time snapshot of a disk which can then be
restored at a later time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundant_array_of_independent_disks

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Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

Andrew wrote:
Ted,

Thanks, I do have Acronis True Image. I am more concerned that the
mirror image will be flawed. I have already spoken with the
manufacturer of the computer and they stated that the hard drive is
probably going bad. The computer is 4 years old and on constantly.
I needed more drive space so I went with a larger hard drive.

I am just trying to decide if I should just mirror the drive or
install the operating system from the recovery cd's.

Thanks

"Ted Zieglar" wrote:

The better way to backup your hard disk is with disk imaging
software. Look at Acronis True Image, Norton Ghost or Image for
Windows (by Terabyte Unlimited.)

I would not replace a hard disk that I suspected was damaged without
first running the disk manufacturer's diagnostics and then
discussing the results with the manufacturer.

--
Ted Zieglar
"Backup is a computer user's best friend."

"Andrew" <Andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:96029215-916C-4108-A7A0-44D41F1FD4B6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have my main hard drive going bad (I assume this is the problem -
system slow, chkdsk gives unscannable errors). So I purchased a
new hard drive, and some disk mirroring software. I have attempted
to backup everything to a second hard drive. Now my question is
that if there is a problem with the hard drive that has the system
software and I mirror it to the new hard drive won't I still have
system software problems when I install the new drive as the system
drive? I don't have recovery cd's but I can create them. Would
that be the better solution to use? Just install the new hard
drive and use recovery cd's to reinstall the system software?

Thanks for any insight you can give.

Andrew H.


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