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making 1:1 hard drive copies (need fast answer)

post #1 of 10
4/16/05 at 10:35pm
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i need to make a 1:1 hard drive copy. i need the data from my current internal drive to my other 2.5in drive i currently have in an internal enclosure though us 2.0.

how do i go about making this copy? Are there free programs i can use?
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post #2 of 10
4/16/05 at 10:54pm
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Originally Posted by peterhoang1988
i need to make a 1:1 hard drive copy. i need the data from my current internal drive to my other 2.5in drive i currently have in an internal enclosure though us 2.0.

how do i go about making this copy? Are there free programs i can use?
Free trial of Acronis True Image
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post #3 of 10
4/16/05 at 10:55pm
You can use a program called Norton Ghost. I think u can purchase it for download from www.symantec.com. Otherwise you can purchase it with Norton Systemworks. This program will allow you to make an EXACT copy of one hard drive to another and it supports USB and Firewire HD enclosures.

Hope this helps,

-grecinos
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post #4 of 10
4/17/05 at 12:41am
You can also use PartitionMagic, which is tried and true (albeit, taken over by Symantec ). I can attest to it personally that ParitionMagic 8 works with external USB drives.
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post #5 of 10
4/17/05 at 5:30am
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i guess ill go with the acronis since i dont want to pay for anything...

but that site looks awfully similar to the microsoft site...
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post #6 of 10
4/17/05 at 12:08pm
TrueImage is really better than Ghost!!!
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post #7 of 10
4/17/05 at 1:23pm
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but that site looks awfully similar to the microsoft site
Yeah, it is a bit of a rip off of M$'s site...

I agree with Wip3out -- Ghost will somtimes miss files on certain types of partitions.

Ah...you might also try BootIT NG (there is also a trial version). It says it's compatible with USB 2.0
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post #8 of 10
4/17/05 at 5:09pm
Another vote for Arconis True Image, I used it to copy over my original laptop drive to a Seagate Momentus 100GB, worked great.
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post #9 of 10
4/17/05 at 5:35pm
Here's a comparison which might help you. Don't know about freebies, though.

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3513_7-...?tag=cnetfd.sd
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post #10 of 10
4/17/05 at 5:54pm
Between ghost and true image I have to go with true image for it's simplicity, better gui, seems like it has more options, and runs smoother. True image lets you adjust the sizes of the copied partions in windows (with a very nice gui design) and I think ghost lets you do that only in dos mode.
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