disk to disk copy on an external drive ?

[maxcom]

I want to copy my system hard drive on the IDE primary master to an external hard drive periodically. Then if my system drive dies, I want to pull the hard drive out of the external enclosure and install it in place of the failed system drive on the IDE primary master.

possible? how?

thanks,
Tom

 

[EagleKeeper]

Does your external drive come with a duplication/clone program?

If so, use it.

Else, get a imaging program (search for threads on this issue)

 

[maxcom]

i'd prefer an external enclosure and using drives i already own

 

[EagleKeeper]

Depending on the drive manufacturere, they will have a cloning program that you can boot to (if neded) and run.

Otherwise just image the primary to the external drive.

You should have no problem then making it the primary (altering any jumpers as needed).

Whether a drive is external or internal should not matter to the cloning program as long as the underlying OS can see the external drive.

 

[maxcom]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Depending on the drive manufacturere, they will have a cloning program that you can boot to (if neded) and run.

Otherwise just image the primary to the external drive.

You should have no problem then making it the primary (altering any jumpers as needed).

Whether a drive is external or internal should not matter to the cloning program as long as the underlying OS can see the external drive.

Good to know, as i was under the impression you couldn't clone to a drive housed in a USB external enclosure

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: maxcom

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper
Depending on the drive manufacturere, they will have a cloning program that you can boot to (if neded) and run.

Otherwise just image the primary to the external drive.

You should have no problem then making it the primary (altering any jumpers as needed).

Whether a drive is external or internal should not matter to the cloning program as long as the underlying OS can see the external drive.

Good to know, as i was under the impression you couldn't clone to a drive housed in a USB external enclosure

USB
That may be a different animal.

Best bet is to get imaging S/W that works with your OS and try it ouit.

Does the external enclosure offer any clues.