How I Cloned My IBM ThinkPad T42 Hard Drive - Step by Step

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#31 Post by **Harryc** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:25 pm

I just did this today on an X31 -

1.) Install the free trial Acronis True Image 11 Home.
2.) Install the new drive in the 2nd HDD adapter for the Ultrabay 2000
3.) Select clone drive in True Image, reboot
4.) Drink a beer.
5.) When it's done swap drives.
6.) Drink a beer

Uncletoad · #32 Post by **Uncletoad** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:02 am

Harryc wrote:I just did this today on an X31 -

1.) Install the free trial Acronis True Image 11 Home.
2.) Install the new drive in the 2nd HDD adapter for the Ultrabay 2000
3.) Select clone drive in True Image, reboot
4.) Drink a beer.
5.) When it's done swap drives.
6.) Drink a beer

Clearly your success was predicated on the beer.

A detail that should not be skipped for perfection in the process.

Kike G. · #33 Post by **Kike G.** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:12 am

Uncletoad wrote:

Clearly your success was predicated on the beer.
A detail that should not be skipped for perfection in the process.[/quote]

Only God knows how many times beers have saved the world in history of Humanity

majiali · #34 Post by **majiali** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:38 am

Johan wrote:
ulrich.von.lich wrote:Is there a way to clone the HPA?
Sure, simply download the free trial-version of Acronis True Image 11 Home (usable for 15-days), install and run it, select to clone only the "IBM_service" FAT32 partition (= the HPA), and... that's it!

How come I couldn't find HPA partition by using exactly what you instructed on my T40 HDD? Only 34.02 GB Partition showed up.

ulrich.von.lich · #35 Post by **ulrich.von.lich** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:23 am

The HPA has to be made visible first. Go to Bios => Security => Predesktop Area

majiali · #36 Post by **majiali** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:30 am

ulrich.von.lich wrote:The HPA has to be made visible first. Go to Bios => Security => Predesktop Area

Thanks!

If I make it visible, start xp, and run the Acronis to make clone, can I change Bios setting back to "normal"? The pop-up message said I will reclaim that partition and never go back. Is that right?

ulrich.von.lich · #37 Post by **ulrich.von.lich** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:56 am

Once the HPA is made visible, it'll be vulnerable to attacks such as viruses or malwares etc.

I see you only need it to be visible so you can clone your hard drive. So there shouldn't be any problems.

majiali · #38 Post by **majiali** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:17 pm

I cloned HDD by using Acronis. New HDD can startup with no error but I think the HPA wasn't cloned because I couldn't use blue button.

Then I swapped the new HDD out and put in original HDD, reboot, and got a notice "Operating System Error", stopped....

Put it into ultrabay, HDD couldn't be found in Disk Management....

MBR error?

What should I do to fix that? thanks

ulrich.von.lich · #39 Post by **ulrich.von.lich** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:31 pm

Cloning is pretty much the same as copying. I don't understand why your original HDD would stop working. I hope you didn't choose the option to wipe out all the data from the old HDD.

I cloned the HDD of my A31p and the HPA was also cloned to the new drive. Someone in this forum cloned his T41, but the HPA was not cloned, which I thought was, because the security option hadn't been disabled. But he could access his old HDD later without any problem.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=50181

I guess you'll have to live without the HPA for now. At least all your personal data is still safe on your new HDD right? The HPA can be restored by using recovery discs, which can be made on another T40 with an intact HPA.

Hope it helps

majiali · #40 Post by **majiali** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:58 pm

You are right. I have restored system from HPA (old HDD). I might select "delete data". Now both HDDs are working

Thanks a lot

How I Cloned My IBM ThinkPad T42 Hard Drive - Step by Step

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