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Looking for somebody to clone me their hard drive
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 3:01 am
by rnrjong
Might be a stretch, but can anyone clone me their hard drive? I'll send you the hard drive and reimburse you for the return shipping? All u got to do is waste a hour or two of your life. That's all I'm offering
Admin note: Split this off into its own thread.
Re: Looking for somebody to clone me their hard drive
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 5:45 pm
by rkawakami
Realistically, this probably has as much chance as POTUS putting down his smartphone and permanently getting off of Twitter.
It's not as simple as you might think. For one, this person's personal files would have to be scrubbed from the copy. Or that if they have some licensed software, it would probably have to be uninstalled. Is there something preventing you from installing a fresh copy of the OS from the factory restore disks? It's usually much easier to copy and ship the restore disks. Cheaper still, if your benefactor can simply post the .ISO images and you download them yourself (assuming you have access to a good broadband connection and a way to burn optical disks).
Re: Looking for somebody to clone me their hard drive
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 12:44 am
by ac12
Sorry, but as Ray said.
Most any installation will have personal data and licensed software which CANNOT be given away, via a drive cloning. And uninstalling the software from the cloned drive will be a PiA, because he would have to swap the cloned drive into the computer to boot from and run the uninstall for ALL his programs to bring the system to similar to a just installed OS condition. Then locate and delete ALL his personal files. This not an hour or two, but possibly MANY hours. Frankly that will be more trouble than it will be worth for the person doing it. I would not do it for my wife, I would just do a clean OS install.
In fact, I think the OS itself is keyed, so you would be using someone else's license key, which would create problems for the owner. Because that key is for ONE computer, his, not yours.
Your best bet is to buy a Windows 7 installation kit. You can get it for about $30 on eBay.
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=windows+7+64+bit
Re: Looking for somebody to clone me their hard drive
Posted: Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:48 am
by ajkula66
rnrjong wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2017 3:01 am
All u got to do is waste a hour or two of your life.
Most of us have better things to do with our spare time than spend it on cloning drives for complete strangers.
That's all I'm offering
Good luck with that proposal.
Obtain the disks, install/tweak the OS and waste a few hours of your own life.