Advice on clonning entire HDD
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:20 pm
I got a 100GB 7200 rpm HDD to replace the stock 100GB 5400rpm one. I have been using Ghost 2003 doing cloning stuff, I once cloned the content(including OS and data) from an old 250GB drive to a new one without problem. so I tried Ghost 2003 first. I hooked up both HDDs to a desktop. then started ghost 2003. The cloning process took about 50 mins. I could browse all the files on the new HDD, however, when I put it into the T60, it wouldn't boot, it said something like NTLDR missing. Putting back the old one however booted up no problem at all.
I then tried using the thinkvantage Backup to clone the entire HDD to an external USB enclosure first. But it's freaking slow...... The program reported something like 3 hours to finish the backup, I thought it's not too bad and waited, you know what, after more than 3 hours, I realized that's for the first 20GB partition, so to clone the entire drive, it would take more than 12 hours.
I cancelled the backup immediately.
Now I am trying True image, however, since the new HDD is not bootable, I am not really sure if trueimage comes with a DOS boot program that supports reading from an USB external enclosure. I know I couldn't do that with Ghost 2003. If not, I am screwed again.
I didn't expect this much hassle, you know. I originally thought I could use the ultrabay adaptor to do the cloning very easily. I ordered the ultrabay HDD adaptor from Lenovo and new HDD from another online vendor at the same time. The HDD reached me in two days, but the adaptor would take 3 weeks to get me, that's really beyond me considering it's such a simple thing to make.
Any advice will be appreciated.
I then tried using the thinkvantage Backup to clone the entire HDD to an external USB enclosure first. But it's freaking slow...... The program reported something like 3 hours to finish the backup, I thought it's not too bad and waited, you know what, after more than 3 hours, I realized that's for the first 20GB partition, so to clone the entire drive, it would take more than 12 hours.
I cancelled the backup immediately. Now I am trying True image, however, since the new HDD is not bootable, I am not really sure if trueimage comes with a DOS boot program that supports reading from an USB external enclosure. I know I couldn't do that with Ghost 2003. If not, I am screwed again.
I didn't expect this much hassle, you know. I originally thought I could use the ultrabay adaptor to do the cloning very easily. I ordered the ultrabay HDD adaptor from Lenovo and new HDD from another online vendor at the same time. The HDD reached me in two days, but the adaptor would take 3 weeks to get me, that's really beyond me considering it's such a simple thing to make.
Any advice will be appreciated.
