replacing my hard drive.. help with switching stuff over? please?

[ngvepforever2]

Why don't you just get an external enclosure and just put your hard drive in it. After that just plug it in the USB port. Newegg has a bunch to choose from:

external enclosures

I don't know which one is the best. But I am sure people in this forum probably know.

Regards

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: ngvepforever2
Why don't you just get an external enclosure and just put your hard drive in it. After that just plug it in the USB port. Newegg has a bunch to choose from:

external enclosures

I don't know which one is the best. But I am sure people in this forum probably know.

Regards

That still doesn't solve her ghosting problem or the guy who think he knows what he's doing.

 

[HonkeyDonk]

I think you should buy a PCI IDE controller card. It plugs into any PCI port and allows 2 additional IDE connections. If you did that, then you can have all 3 harddrives in w/ ZERO problems theoretically

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: caitlion
alright im trying this software:
hdclone
good idea bad idea?

Are they WD or Maxtor drives? Both programs are available on the manufacturer's websites.

 

[HonkeyDonk]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: ngvepforever2
Why don't you just get an external enclosure and just put your hard drive in it. After that just plug it in the USB port. Newegg has a bunch to choose from:

external enclosures

I don't know which one is the best. But I am sure people in this forum probably know.

Regards

That still doesn't solve her ghosting problem or the guy who think he knows what he's doing.

it should solve the ghosting problem b/c if they get an external case, there'd be no ghosting needed. She would just keep the 30gb by itself and then add on 2 new drives.

btw, caitlion, your mom's BF is a dick and retard.

 

[caitlion]

well its in the process of copying the 30gb to the 120gb via hdcopy. hopefully it works. if not maybe ill try the external enclosure.

 

[ngvepforever2]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: ngvepforever2
Why don't you just get an external enclosure and just put your hard drive in it. After that just plug it in the USB port. Newegg has a bunch to choose from:

external enclosures

I don't know which one is the best. But I am sure people in this forum probably know.

Regards

That still doesn't solve her ghosting problem or the guy who think he knows what he's doing.

...easy man! I am just trying to give her some advice and trying to help somebody. Her personal problems are hers and not ours and like the other person said the external enclosure would solve her ghosting problems. I believe getting and external enclosure would be easier for her since she says that she knows little about computers. There is no need to even open the case.

Regards

 

[johnjbruin]

you can have 4 drives total.
primary master, primary slave, secondary master, secondary slave. If you only have one cd/cdrw/dvd (optical drive), then you should have space left for 3 other drives, all of which can be HDD's
I have this config right now - one cdrw, and 3 HDD's

edit: it does seem like the guy helping you is 'teh st00pid'

 

[caitlion]

Originally posted by: ngvepforever2

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: ngvepforever2
Why don't you just get an external enclosure and just put your hard drive in it. After that just plug it in the USB port. Newegg has a bunch to choose from:

external enclosures

I don't know which one is the best. But I am sure people in this forum probably know.

Regards

That still doesn't solve her ghosting problem or the guy who think he knows what he's doing.

...easy man! I am just trying to give her some advice and trying to help somebody. Her personal problems are hers and not ours and like the other person said the external enclosure would solve her ghosting problems. I believe getting and external enclosure would be easier for her since she says that she knows little about computers. There is no need to even open the case.

Regards

thank you for your help. do the external cases have built-in fans?

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: caitlion
thank you for your help. do the external cases have built-in fans?

Some do. But I say you just try it yourself. At least you're willing to learn

 

[lowtech1]

[Edit] Link no worky Upgrading to bigger hard drive. How can i transfer all my data to include OS?

 

[caitlion]

12% finished!

Originally posted by: lowtech
<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Q_20777985.html">Upgrading to bigger hard drive. How can i transfer all my data to include OS?</a>

you have to sign up to view the solution :*(

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
I haven't completed my switchover because the MaxBlast software only works if you copy from a Maxtor drive to a Maxtor drive....

are you sure?? i haven't done it recently but i'm pretty sure the maxtor will copy from another hd to a maxtor as long as maxtor is the brand of one of the two hd's.

 

[kt]

How much data do you have to transfer?

It only took me about 35 minutes to Ghost a drive with about 28GB of data.

 

[lowtech1]

[EDIT] Working Google Link: <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://www.google.ca/search?q=Upgrading+to+bigger+hard+drive.+How+can+i+transfer+all+my+data+to+include+OS%3F&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&meta=">Upgrading
to bigger hard drive. How can i transfer all my data to include OS?</a>


My bad!

Fix link: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Q_20777985.html

 

[caitlion]

Originally posted by: kt
How much data do you have to transfer?

It only took me about 35 minutes to Ghost a drive with about 28GB of data.

its about that... 30gb drive but they never hold as much as they say right? its pretty slow ... my moms bf said it took 2-3 hours before.

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: lowtech
<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://
[L=http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Q_20777985.html">Upgrading to bigger hard drive. How can i transfer all my data to include OS?</a>[/quote]]http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Q_20777985.html[/L]

[/L]

might as well link to another page "Posting a webpage. How do I link to it?"

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: caitlion

Originally posted by: kt
How much data do you have to transfer?

It only took me about 35 minutes to Ghost a drive with about 28GB of data.

its about that... 30gb drive but they never hold as much as they say right? its pretty slow ... my moms bf said it took 2-3 hours before.

sounds like he's just trying to copy the HD over using MS Copy command. that WON'T Work and he WILL get an OS error.

ghosting or cloning has to be done on a separate boot. usually you will boot to the cd or a floppy in order to accomplish a ghost or a clone. even if the ghost program is initiated in the OS on the main hd, it will still have to reboot to finish.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: lowtech
<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://
[L=http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Q_20777985.html">Upgrading to bigger hard drive. How can i transfer all my data to include OS?</a>[/quote]]http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Q_20777985.html[/L]

[/L]

might as well link to another page "Posting a webpage. How do I link to it?"

did you screw up the 2nd link on purpose?? was that an attempt a humor?

 

[lowtech1]

Try Google

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: lowtech
<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://
[L=http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Q_20777985.html">Upgrading to bigger hard drive. How can i transfer all my data to include OS?</a>[/quote]]http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Q_20777985.html[/L]

[/L]

might as well link to another page "Posting a webpage. How do I link to it?"

did you screw up the 2nd link on purpose?? was that an attempt a humor?

Click "quote" in the little bar under his post, and that is what the forum software spits out.

 

[lowtech1]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: lowtech
<a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://
[L=http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Q_20777985.html">Upgrading to bigger hard drive. How can i transfer all my data to include OS?</a>[/quote]]http://www.experts-exchange.com/Storage/Q_20777985.html[/L]

[/L]

might as well link to another page "Posting a webpage. How do I link to it?"

did you screw up the 2nd link on purpose?? was that an attempt a humor?

Sorry I don't know why Experts-exchange.com page would do that.

 

[caitlion]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: caitlion

Originally posted by: kt
How much data do you have to transfer?

It only took me about 35 minutes to Ghost a drive with about 28GB of data.

its about that... 30gb drive but they never hold as much as they say right? its pretty slow ... my moms bf said it took 2-3 hours before.

sounds like he's just trying to copy the HD over using MS Copy command. that WON'T Work and he WILL get an OS error.

ghosting or cloning has to be done on a separate boot. usually you will boot to the cd or a floppy in order to accomplish a ghost or a clone. even if the ghost program is initiated in the OS on the main hd, it will still have to reboot to finish.

i dont even know what he did. he did it while i was at school/work and i didnt ask too many questions. i think he used the maxtor program though. anyway, right now im using hdcopy, which is running from a floppy disk

 

Is noone going to tell her there is a forum for this?

Man, I'm pretending I'm a girl the next time I heed fast tech support.

 

[caitlion]

i did it i shouldve just done it in the first place... he spent like days trying to do this.