Reformat of partiton with Apps on it (office Av etc)

[Bucknasty]

Ok, have some bad sectors on a partiton, my D partition. I install all my apps on this partition, ie; Msoffice Nod32, raxo perfect disk, etc.

Can I just copy all these apps to an external drive, format my "D" partition and copy them back without issues?

I realize I will proably need to "stop services" for those apps that have services running, etc.

Or would it be easier buy a copy of Arconis True Image 11, Image the partition and restore it using that product.

thanks

 

[corkyg]

Originally posted by: Bucknasty
Ok, have some bad sectors on a partiton, my D partition. I install all my apps on this partition, ie; Msoffice Nod32, raxco perfect disk, etc.

Yes - you can do that.

Originally posted by: Bucknasty
I realize I will proably need to "stop services" for those apps that have services running, etc.

I would do it from a bootable CD such as is provided by Acronis TI. Then that problem goes away.

You can also turn off any services before copying.

 

[Bucknasty]

I have a Intel Esata RAID controller in my pc (built-in to mobo, drives are mirrored), does Arconis make a booT CD that will see this controller? Read where they state if windows can see the drives, they can image it.

I have enough space to do it both ways and probably will.

 

[JustaGeek]

Shouldn't he replace the drive, corkyg...?

And restore the partition on the brand new hard drive...?

The bad sectors will not go away, and might be a sign of a failing drive. It will eventually die.

 

[Bucknasty]

Originally posted by: JustaGeek
Shouldn't he replace the drive, corkyg...?

And restore the partition on the brand new hard drive...?

The bad sectors will not go away, and might be a sign of a failing drive. It will eventually die.

Update: Not the Raid1 drive, it was a USB drive attached to my pc. All that work for nothing.

Damn WD Passport 120 had bad sectors on it. Ran a ckdsk /F /R to fix and mark bad sectores. This thing isn't 6 months old.

\harddrive6\D is the USB drive. If I had read the DiskManagement console correctly in XP, i would have seen that my primary Raid1 drives are \harddrive0, not \harddrive6.

Oh well I now know how good arconis true image home 11 is. And I have an extra Seagate 320gig that I can use as a "backup" if all hell breaks lose.