hard drive backup

[Doum]

Alias <aka@maskedandanymous.org.invalido> écrivait
news:htguc8$3ql$1@news.eternal-september.org:

> Mark Adams wrote:
>>
>>
>> "Alias" wrote:
>>
>>> Mark Adams wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "bk3000" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've got a Dell laptop running XP, and after running a diagnostic
>>>>> test, got error code 0146 that hard drive was corrupted. Dell is
>>>>> sending me a new one, which I'll have to self-install.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't remember backing up my entire system ever, so my question
>>>>> is, how should I go about saving all my settings and programs on
>>>>> the current hard drive? I've got a backup drive of 20gb, so I'm
>>>>> guessing I should put it all there, and also a few flash drives,
>>>>> but what method should I use? Should I go to the C drive system
>>>>> properties and select the backup option or do stuff manually?
>>>>
>>>> If the machine still runs, Go out and buy Acronis True Image and a
>>>> 1 TB USB hard drive. Boot the machine to the Acronis disk and make
>>>> an image of your computer to the USB drive. When the new drive
>>>> arrives from Dell, restore that image to the new drive. It might
>>>> cost a little more to do it this way, but it is so much easier than
>>>> reinstalling everything, it's worth it.
>>>
>>> You can also do the same thing for free with the CD you can download
>>> from Seagate, Western Digital, etc.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Alias
>>> .
>>>
>>
>> Alias, Bob.
>>
>> It's been awhile since I've used these utilities. Since I've gotten
>> Acronis I've not had to use them. I know they can clone drives, but
>> can they make an image? The OP has a laptop and since two hard drives
>> cannot be installed at the same time, a USB enclosure would be needed
>> to clone to the new drive. This would also eliminate the necessity of
>> purchasing the external hard drive. But, by buying Acronis and the
>> USB drive, the OP could replace the failing drive and also have a
>> reliable backup system. Costs more, but now he can backup everything
>> all in one shot.
>
> The one from Seagate will do an image. It's even powered by Acronis. I
> don't have a Western Digital but I assume it's the same with them.
>

The one from WD is a limited version of Acronis True Image that won't do
incremental backups and need a Western Digital hard disk to install (can
be external, USB, eSata, FireWire or internal).

It will clone and do images.

 

[Doum]

=?Utf-8?B?TWFyayBBZGFtcw==?= <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com>
écrivait news:9CD4CEF6-8C94-4205-A9A3-22DE1ACD0287@microsoft.com:

<snip>

>
>
> You said this was a laptop. Laptops only have one hard drive.

<snip>

My laptop has two internal hard drives

 

[Daave]

Doum wrote:
> =?Utf-8?B?TWFyayBBZGFtcw==?= <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com>
> écrivait news:9CD4CEF6-8C94-4205-A9A3-22DE1ACD0287@microsoft.com:
>
> <snip>
>
>>
>>
>> You said this was a laptop. Laptops only have one hard drive.
>
> <snip>
>
> My laptop has two internal hard drives

I was waiting for someone to say that.

 

[Bob]

Two internal hard drives or two partitions?

"Doum" <me@domain.net> wrote in message
news:XnF9D83E4EA06A35doumdomainnet@207.46.248.16...
> =?Utf-8?B?TWFyayBBZGFtcw==?= <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com>
> écrivait news:9CD4CEF6-8C94-4205-A9A3-22DE1ACD0287@microsoft.com:
>
> <snip>
>
>>
>>
>> You said this was a laptop. Laptops only have one hard drive.
>
> <snip>
>
> My laptop has two internal hard drives

 

[Twayne]

In news:4F1681BB-8C1A-4F73-B71E-A20ED021EB1B@microsoft.com,
bk3000 <bk3000@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> I've got a Dell laptop running XP, and after running a
> diagnostic test, got error code 0146 that hard drive was
> corrupted. Dell is sending me a new one, which I'll have to
> self-install.
>
> I can't remember backing up my entire system ever, so my
> question is, how should I go about saving all my settings
> and programs on the current hard drive? I've got a backup
> drive of 20gb, so I'm guessing I should put it all there,
> and also a few flash drives, but what method should I use?
> Should I go to the C drive system properties and select
> the backup option or do stuff manually?

Go ahead and use XP's Backup capability; it'll so a fine job for you. Read
Help and as long as you have a floppy drive, it'll tell you how to get
everything restored back the way it used to be.

More importantly, if you have a new drive coming, it should have "cloning"
instructions with it, which is an easy way to put all the data onto your new
disk. If they don't include them, give them a call and ask where they are.
Normally they are downloadable from the drive manufacturer's web site and
should be available from where the drive is coming from too.
This way you have no problem with space requirements, etc., it's all
taken care of for you during the clone process.

It'll take you a lot longer to get a copy of Ghost or Acronis TI, install it
and learn them than it will to simply use XP's default backup program which
lacks only bells & whistles compared to the other two, which are BTW
excellent programs. But w/r to backup, they all back up the same data and
restore the same data. It's a decision only you can make though.

HTH,

Twayne`

 

[Twayne]

In news:4F1681BB-8C1A-4F73-B71E-A20ED021EB1B@microsoft.com,
bk3000 <bk3000@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> I've got a Dell laptop running XP, and after running a
> diagnostic test, got error code 0146 that hard drive was
> corrupted. Dell is sending me a new one, which I'll have to
> self-install.
>
> I can't remember backing up my entire system ever, so my
> question is, how should I go about saving all my settings
> and programs on the current hard drive? I've got a backup
> drive of 20gb, so I'm guessing I should put it all there,
> and also a few flash drives, but what method should I use?
> Should I go to the C drive system properties and select
> the backup option or do stuff manually?

Use the backup option. Back up the boot drive letter.

HTH,

Twayne`

 

[Twayne]

In news:FB3A0D66-8006-4018-B87E-CD66EFDDDAA0@microsoft.com,
Mark Adams <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> "bk3000" wrote:
>
>> I've got a Dell laptop running XP, and after running a
>> diagnostic test, got error code 0146 that hard drive was
>> corrupted. Dell is sending me a new one, which I'll have
>> to self-install.
>>
>> I can't remember backing up my entire system ever, so my
>> question is, how should I go about saving all my settings
>> and programs on the current hard drive? I've got a backup
>> drive of 20gb, so I'm guessing I should put it all there,
>> and also a few flash drives, but what method should I use?
>> Should I go to the C drive system properties and select
>> the backup option or do stuff manually?
>
> If the machine still runs, Go out and buy Acronis True
> Image and a 1 TB USB hard drive. Boot the machine to the
> Acronis disk and make an image of your computer to the USB
> drive. When the new drive arrives from Dell, restore that
> image to the new drive. It might cost a little more to do
> it this way, but it is so much easier than reinstalling
> everything, it's worth it.

Why not use the drive mfr's clone program? Much faster & easier.

 

[Twayne]

In news:67AEA172-67ED-480C-AEFA-669632864B23@microsoft.com,
Mark Adams <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> "Alias" wrote:
>
>> Mark Adams wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> "bk3000" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've got a Dell laptop running XP, and after running a
>>>> diagnostic test, got error code 0146 that hard drive was
>>>> corrupted. Dell is sending me a new one, which I'll have
>>>> to self-install.
>>>>
>>>> I can't remember backing up my entire system ever, so my
>>>> question is, how should I go about saving all my
>>>> settings and programs on the current hard drive? I've
>>>> got a backup drive of 20gb, so I'm guessing I should put
>>>> it all there, and also a few flash drives, but what
>>>> method should I use? Should I go to the C drive system
>>>> properties and select the backup option or do stuff
>>>> manually?
>>>
>>> If the machine still runs, Go out and buy Acronis True
>>> Image and a 1 TB USB hard drive. Boot the machine to the
>>> Acronis disk and make an image of your computer to the
>>> USB drive. When the new drive arrives from Dell, restore
>>> that image to the new drive. It might cost a little more
>>> to do it this way, but it is so much easier than
>>> reinstalling everything, it's worth it.
>>
>> You can also do the same thing for free with the CD you
>> can download from Seagate, Western Digital, etc.
>>
>> --
>> Alias
>> .
>>
>
> Alias, Bob.
>
> It's been awhile since I've used these utilities. Since
> I've gotten Acronis I've not had to use them. I know they
> can clone drives, but can they make an image? The OP has a
> laptop and since two hard drives cannot be installed at the
> same time, a USB enclosure would be needed to clone to the
> new drive. This would also eliminate the necessity of
> purchasing the external hard drive. But, by buying Acronis
> and the USB drive, the OP could replace the failing drive
> and also have a reliable backup system. Costs more, but now
> he can backup everything all in one shot.

Exactly as can be done with XP's backup program.
Why not use the drive mfr's clone program? Much faster & easier.

 

[Doum]

"Bob" <bob@nowhere.net> écrivait news:htjb4f$1cb$1@news.eternal-
september.org:

Hard drives, I replaced the original 160GB Hitachi by a 320 GB WD and added
a second 320 GB WD in the provided space. I wanted 7200 rpm drives and 320
GB were the biggest 7200 rpm available 2.5" drives at that time.

http://img256.imageshack.us/i/photo026k.jpg/

Unfortunatly, the cable for hooking it up was very hard to get by (and
quite expensive), the online store having it were in Europe and wouldn't
ship to North America. I managed to get it when my niece did a trip to
Portugal. I think it should have been supplied with the laptop.

http://img31.imageshack.us/i/50tl701009.jpg/

> Two internal hard drives or two partitions?
>
> "Doum" <me@domain.net> wrote in message
> news:XnF9D83E4EA06A35doumdomainnet@207.46.248.16...
>> =?Utf-8?B?TWFyayBBZGFtcw==?= <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> écrivait news:9CD4CEF6-8C94-4205-A9A3-22DE1ACD0287@microsoft.com:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You said this was a laptop. Laptops only have one hard drive.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> My laptop has two internal hard drives
>
>

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Tue, 25 May 2010 190:02 -0700, Doum <me@domain.net> wrote:


> > You said this was a laptop. Laptops only have one hard drive.
>
> <snip>
>
> My laptop has two internal hard drives


I don't want to say you're wrong for sure, since there may be some
that do have two hard drives, but I've never seen one with two drives.

How do you know yours has two drives? It's much more likely that you
have one hard drive with two partitions on it.



--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

 

[Doum]

"Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> écrivait
news:027rv5luruup6rlhrol4lptvbtmd9r6l0k@4ax.com:

> On Tue, 25 May 2010 190:02 -0700, Doum <me@domain.net> wrote:
>
>
>> > You said this was a laptop. Laptops only have one hard drive.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> My laptop has two internal hard drives
>
>
> I don't want to say you're wrong for sure, since there may be some
> that do have two hard drives, but I've never seen one with two drives.
>
> How do you know yours has two drives? It's much more likely that you
> have one hard drive with two partitions on it.
>
>
>

I know it has two physical drives because I've installed the second one
myself.

 

[Doum]

Doum <me@domain.net> écrivait news:XnF9D84C157ACF1Ddoumdomainnet@
207.46.248.16:

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> écrivait
> news:027rv5luruup6rlhrol4lptvbtmd9r6l0k@4ax.com:
>
>> On Tue, 25 May 2010 190:02 -0700, Doum <me@domain.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> > You said this was a laptop. Laptops only have one hard drive.
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> My laptop has two internal hard drives
>>
>>
>> I don't want to say you're wrong for sure, since there may be some
>> that do have two hard drives, but I've never seen one with two drives.
>>
>> How do you know yours has two drives? It's much more likely that you
>> have one hard drive with two partitions on it.
>>
>>
>>
>
> I know it has two physical drives because I've installed the second one
> myself.

See that picture:

http://img256.imageshack.us/i/photo026k.jpg/

I am holding the drive support in my hand and you can see where it goes.

On the lower right corner of the pic, you can see part of the system drive.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Wed, 26 May 2010 16:00:10 -0700, Doum <me@domain.net> wrote:

> "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> ?crivait
> news:027rv5luruup6rlhrol4lptvbtmd9r6l0k@4ax.com:
>
> > On Tue, 25 May 2010 190:02 -0700, Doum <me@domain.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> > You said this was a laptop. Laptops only have one hard drive.
> >>
> >> <snip>
> >>
> >> My laptop has two internal hard drives
> >
> >
> > I don't want to say you're wrong for sure, since there may be some
> > that do have two hard drives, but I've never seen one with two drives.
> >
> > How do you know yours has two drives? It's much more likely that you
> > have one hard drive with two partitions on it.
> >
> >
> >
>
> I know it has two physical drives because I've installed the second one
> myself.



OK, then I withdraw the implication of what I said. But it is very
unusual.



--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) since 2003
Please Reply to the Newsgroup

 

[Mark Adams]

"Twayne" wrote:

> In news:FB3A0D66-8006-4018-B87E-CD66EFDDDAA0@microsoft.com,
> Mark Adams <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com> typed:
> > "bk3000" wrote:
> >
> >> I've got a Dell laptop running XP, and after running a
> >> diagnostic test, got error code 0146 that hard drive was
> >> corrupted. Dell is sending me a new one, which I'll have
> >> to self-install.
> >>
> >> I can't remember backing up my entire system ever, so my
> >> question is, how should I go about saving all my settings
> >> and programs on the current hard drive? I've got a backup
> >> drive of 20gb, so I'm guessing I should put it all there,
> >> and also a few flash drives, but what method should I use?
> >> Should I go to the C drive system properties and select
> >> the backup option or do stuff manually?
> >
> > If the machine still runs, Go out and buy Acronis True
> > Image and a 1 TB USB hard drive. Boot the machine to the
> > Acronis disk and make an image of your computer to the USB
> > drive. When the new drive arrives from Dell, restore that
> > image to the new drive. It might cost a little more to do
> > it this way, but it is so much easier than reinstalling
> > everything, it's worth it.
>
> Why not use the drive mfr's clone program? Much faster & easier.
>
>

I see your point. Why pay for the fully featured version, when you can get
the watered down one for free? Why buy Windows when you can get Linnux for
free? You set me straight, Twayne. I'll be damned if I'll pay for any
software again.

 

[spamlet]

"Newman" <cloakedrun2001@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:1s6ov513grefb7prs1t9agdn7bhh87gfsi@4ax.com...
> First things first...
> >
> Once your clean install is up and running, buy one of these:
>
> http://www.a-power.com/product-9403-817-1
>
> or something similar.


Hi Newman,

I've been following this thread as I need to replace drives on both a laptop
and a desktop pc.
The usb-sata etc adaptor seems a very useful device, but after 'googling'
for them here in the UK I am a bit unsure what to buy. There are many
different ones on offer and a wide range of prices. Also there are warnings
from some users about some of them containing faulty chips that can corrupt
data. The last thing anyone wants in such a device is that kind of
unreliability! Some of the advertisers do specify which chip set is used,
but others do not, so 'buying something similar' is not proving to be as
straight forward as expected.

Does anyone have advice of which models/suppliers are fully reliable and
safe, and available in the UK at a reasonable price?

Thanks,

S

 

[Chuck]

On 5/26/2010 6:12 PM, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
> On Tue, 25 May 2010 190:02 -0700, Doum<me@domain.net> wrote:
>
>
>>> You said this was a laptop. Laptops only have one hard drive.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> My laptop has two internal hard drives
>
>
> I don't want to say you're wrong for sure, since there may be some
> that do have two hard drives, but I've never seen one with two drives.
>
> How do you know yours has two drives? It's much more likely that you
> have one hard drive with two partitions on it.
>
>
>
HP Pavilion 9650us "multimedia" Vista laptops have two 250G hard drives.
They were sold nation wide by Office Depot in the 2007-8 time frame.
They are somewhat slow by today's standards, due to a less than optimum
MBD design.

 

[MN]

Mark,
What is the Link for Hitachi ? I have an Hitachi SATA drive.

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"Roy Smith" <rasmith1959@live.com> wrote in message
newssUw0uG$KHA.4472@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> One comment that bears mentioning about these free backup programs from
> Seagate/Maxtor and Western Digital... these programs have one stipulation
> in that you are required to have a drive from the respective manufacturer,
> or the program won't run. The program is basically Acronis True Image
> Home with several of the retail features removed such as incremental
> backups, scheduling, and the ability to mount a backup archive as a drive
> to name a few. The programs are available at:
>
> Maxtor:
> http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...toid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
> Seagate:
> http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...toid=d9fd4a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
> Western Digital:
> http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&wdc_lang=en
>
> (The Maxtor and Seagate lines may be word-wrapped)
>
>
> "Mark Adams" <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6848B6CE-6428-4307-B780-3F8508662E12@microsoft.com...
>>
>>
>> "bk3000" wrote:
>>
>>> Mark, Alias, et al -
>>>
>>> Really appreciate the feedback. I like the idea of having an
>>> at-the-ready
>>> backup with an external hd, but it appears I could simply use the
>>> Acronis-powered free download/trial version utility from WD or Seagate
>>> to
>>> image the current hd and restore it to the new drive upon its' arrival.
>>> I'll
>>> definitely take a peek at the current going rate for external hds, also
>>> Acronis itself if I can't access the free version. I'm really not even
>>> going
>>> to inquire further about cloning, which seems to be a more intensive
>>> alternative/for different purposes than the imaging...?
>>>
>>
>>
>> If you do not buy the external hard drive, you will have to clone the old
>> hard drive to the new one. You will have to buy a 2.5 inch USB hard drive
>> enclosure to do this. Download the utility from the website of the maker
>> of
>> the new drive to your desktop machine and burn a bootable CD from the
>> download file. Put the new hard drive in the USB enclosure and connect to
>> the
>> laptop. Boot the laptop to the CD you just made and clone the old drive
>> to
>> the new one. When done, remove the CD from the drive and shut the laptop
>> down. Remove the old hard drive from the laptop and replace it with the
>> new
>> one, and you should be good to go. Keep the old drive for awhile until
>> you
>> are satisfied that all is well with the new installation.
>>
>> If you do buy the external drive, use the bootable disk to save an image
>> of
>> the old drive to the external drive. Then, put the new hard drive into
>> the
>> laptop and use the CD to restore the image to the new drive. You will now
>> have a backup image safely stored on the external drive, and the laptop
>> should be good to go.
>>
>> Acronis can do both of these functions and can also be installed to your
>> machine and make incrimental backups to the USB drive while Windows is
>> running. You can schedule those backups to be made at night while you are
>> asleep. A very useful program.
>>
>>
>>> My apologies about the mistaken identification of my separate PARTITION
>>> of
>>> the hd as a second drive - confusing it with my older desktop, though I
>>> had
>>> always thought they weren't part of the same hardware piece. Thanks for
>>> catching it.
>>>
>>> - Brian
>>>
>>> "Mark Adams" wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > "bk3000" wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Machine is still running, though theoretically it could irreparably
>>> > > crash at
>>> > > any second, I've been told. It seemed close yesterday, in fact. Was
>>> > > considering spending the $ for a USB or external hard drive; I have
>>> > > a few
>>> > > flash drives but they won't be enough for the whole operation.
>>> > >
>>> > > How about my internal backup HD?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > You said this was a laptop. Laptops only have one hard drive. You
>>> > certainly
>>> > don't want to save anything to a separate partition of a hard drive
>>> > that you
>>> > already know is failing.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > >Would it be smart to backup anything
>>> > > (documents, for instance) on there or even possible to use that as a
>>> > > mirror/image location of some sort?
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > Backup images are saved as one large file. The flash drives would have
>>> > to be
>>> > big enough to hold the whole file, or it won't work. You could
>>> > manually copy
>>> > your documents, pictures, music, and export your email and browser
>>> > bookmarks
>>> > to the flash drives if you have enough of them (I doubt it.) Cheaper
>>> > to get a
>>> > USB hard drive. Alias says Seagate's utility will make an image; I
>>> > assume it
>>> > can restore one to a new hard drive also. If so, you won't need the
>>> > Acronis.
>>> >
>>> > > Also curious about commenter Db at the bottom of the thread making
>>> > > the point
>>> > > about any bad sectors being recreated in any of these scenarios.
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > The bad sectors won't be recreated on the new drive, but any data on
>>> > those
>>> > sectors is probably lost and won't copy to the new drive. This could
>>> > include
>>> > critical operating system files and could crash or cause instability
>>> > to the
>>> > OS.
>>> >
>>> > > "Mark Adams" wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > "Alias" wrote:
>>> > > >
>>> > > > > Mark Adams wrote:
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > > "bk3000" wrote:
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > >> I've got a Dell laptop running XP, and after running a
>>> > > > > >> diagnostic test, got
>>> > > > > >> error code 0146 that hard drive was corrupted. Dell is
>>> > > > > >> sending me a new one,
>>> > > > > >> which I'll have to self-install.
>>> > > > > >>
>>> > > > > >> I can't remember backing up my entire system ever, so my
>>> > > > > >> question is, how
>>> > > > > >> should I go about saving all my settings and programs on the
>>> > > > > >> current hard
>>> > > > > >> drive? I've got a backup drive of 20gb, so I'm guessing I
>>> > > > > >> should put it all
>>> > > > > >> there, and also a few flash drives, but what method should I
>>> > > > > >> use? Should I go
>>> > > > > >> to the C drive system properties and select the backup
>>> > > > > >> option or do stuff
>>> > > > > >> manually?
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > > If the machine still runs, Go out and buy Acronis True Image
>>> > > > > > and a 1 TB USB
>>> > > > > > hard drive. Boot the machine to the Acronis disk and make an
>>> > > > > > image of your
>>> > > > > > computer to the USB drive. When the new drive arrives from
>>> > > > > > Dell, restore that
>>> > > > > > image to the new drive. It might cost a little more to do it
>>> > > > > > this way, but it
>>> > > > > > is so much easier than reinstalling everything, it's worth it.
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > You can also do the same thing for free with the CD you can
>>> > > > > download
>>> > > > > from Seagate, Western Digital, etc.
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > --
>>> > > > > Alias
>>> > > > > .
>>> > > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Alias, Bob.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > It's been awhile since I've used these utilities. Since I've
>>> > > > gotten Acronis
>>> > > > I've not had to use them. I know they can clone drives, but can
>>> > > > they make an
>>> > > > image? The OP has a laptop and since two hard drives cannot be
>>> > > > installed at
>>> > > > the same time, a USB enclosure would be needed to clone to the new
>>> > > > drive.
>>> > > > This would also eliminate the necessity of purchasing the external
>>> > > > hard
>>> > > > drive. But, by buying Acronis and the USB drive, the OP could
>>> > > > replace the
>>> > > > failing drive and also have a reliable backup system. Costs more,
>>> > > > but now he
>>> > > > can backup everything all in one shot.
>
>
>

 

[Doum]

"MN" <MN@Private.net> écrivait
news:eYEQqjEALHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

Here's the download link for various hard drive utilities for Hitachi
HDs.

http://www.hitachigst.com/support/downloads/

They don't offer the free stripped down version of Acronis True Image
like Seagate and Western Digital do. You could buy the full featured
version from http://www.acronis.com/ ,or many hi-tech or office stores
(online or not).

Hitachi don't seem to offer cloning software either but do a Google
search with "free cloning software" and you will get many results.

HTH


> Mark,
> What is the Link for Hitachi ? I have an Hitachi SATA drive.
>
>========================================================================
>==============
> "Roy Smith" <rasmith1959@live.com> wrote in message
> newssUw0uG$KHA.4472@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> One comment that bears mentioning about these free backup programs
>> from Seagate/Maxtor and Western Digital... these programs have one
>> stipulation in that you are required to have a drive from the
>> respective manufacturer, or the program won't run. The program is
>> basically Acronis True Image Home with several of the retail features
>> removed such as incremental backups, scheduling, and the ability to
>> mount a backup archive as a drive to name a few. The programs are
>> available at:
>>
>> Maxtor:
>> http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxBlast_5&vgn
>> extoid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD Seagate:
>> http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=DiscWizard&vgn
>> extoid=d9fd4a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD Western Digital:
>> http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&wdc_lang=en
>>
>> (The Maxtor and Seagate lines may be word-wrapped)
>>
>>
<snip>

 

[Jim P]

Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
>
> On Wed, 26 May 2010 16:00:10 -0700, Doum<me@domain.net> wrote:
>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP"<kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> ?crivait
>> news:027rv5luruup6rlhrol4lptvbtmd9r6l0k@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On Tue, 25 May 2010 190:02 -0700, Doum<me@domain.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>> You said this was a laptop. Laptops only have one hard drive.
>>>>
>>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> My laptop has two internal hard drives
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't want to say you're wrong for sure, since there may be some
>>> that do have two hard drives, but I've never seen one with two drives.
>>>
>>> How do you know yours has two drives? It's much more likely that you
>>> have one hard drive with two partitions on it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I know it has two physical drives because I've installed the second one
>> myself.
>
>
>
> OK, then I withdraw the implication of what I said. But it is very
> unusual.
>
>
>
I have a Toshiba Satellite A135 with two hard drives, from the factory.

 

[Eddie]

Big_Al wrote:
> Bob said this on 5/25/2010 11:25 AM:
>> WD offers a free copy of Acronis if you own one of their drives.
>> http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&type=download&wdc_lang=en
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mark Adams" <MarkAdams@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FB3A0D66-8006-4018-B87E-CD66EFDDDAA0@microsoft.com...
>>>
>>>
>>> "bk3000" wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've got a Dell laptop running XP, and after running a diagnostic
>>>> test, got
>>>> error code 0146 that hard drive was corrupted. Dell is sending me a
>>>> new one,
>>>> which I'll have to self-install.
>>>>
>>>> I can't remember backing up my entire system ever, so my question is,
>>>> how
>>>> should I go about saving all my settings and programs on the current
>>>> hard
>>>> drive? I've got a backup drive of 20gb, so I'm guessing I should put
>>>> it all
>>>> there, and also a few flash drives, but what method should I use?
>>>> Should I go
>>>> to the C drive system properties and select the backup option or do
>>>> stuff
>>>> manually?
>>>
>>> If the machine still runs, Go out and buy Acronis True Image and a 1
>>> TB USB
>>> hard drive. Boot the machine to the Acronis disk and make an image of
>>> your
>>> computer to the USB drive. When the new drive arrives from Dell,
>>> restore that
>>> image to the new drive. It might cost a little more to do it this way,
>>> but it
>>> is so much easier than reinstalling everything, it's worth it.
>>
>
> IIRC Acronis offers a free trial too for 15 days. You can use that
> and if you like it buy it later.
> I own Acronis now and use it regularly to make images on a 1TB usb and
> feel good that I've got all my work backed up and can reset my machine
> at any time in 20 minutes or so.
>


Acronis is still freely available on the net; you just gotta look.
Ed.