Re: How to clone a failed hard drive
From: Rocket J. Squirrel (rocky_at_bullwinkle.com)
Date: 06/27/04
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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 23:46:25 -0400
If your hard drive is failing due to logical errors, cloning only copies the
errors to the new hard disk.
If your drive is failing due to physical problems, cloning with Ghost 2003
works very well. I have cloned several disks very successfully with Ghost.
You may not have understood Symantec's directions (which I admit are not
obvious.)
If you are unable to clone successfully with Ghost, backup your essential
files and folders and do a clean install on the new disk. If you normally
store all your important files and folders in their own partition (which is
a good idea), you can use Ghost to backup the partition to CD or DVD.
Rocky
"Joe B" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My hard drive is failing, but still runs and I have
> bought a new (and larger) drive. My system has XP Home
> and Norton Ghost installed. I can make a clone of the
> drive, and Windows starts up on the clone, but stops with
> a screen that says "Windows XP" on it. I tried the
> recover console from the XP disk on rebooting, but I
> wasn't sure what programs to use. (I think I correctly
> following the instructions with Ghost) When I did a
> repair through the XP install menu it ran OK and my old
> documents and settings were OK, but none of the prograns
> ran. I can start from scratch on the new drive, but
> would really like to find a way to just move everything
> over. Help...
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