Computer Guru Urgently Needed

2dudez · Post by **2dudez** » 03 January 09 10:54 pm

Mr.Coffee and the Clan wrote:Decided to buy a new motherboard and rebuild, hopefully can save hard drives and resume where I left off, any suggestions on what program would be best for copying old hard drive to new one during rebuild.

I used to use Ghost, but more often than not recently I have been using Acronis for backup and cloning. Both are good.

The Coffee's · Post by **The Coffee's** » 03 January 09 11:18 pm

2dudez wrote:
Mr.Coffee and the Clan wrote:Decided to buy a new motherboard and rebuild, hopefully can save hard drives and resume where I left off, any suggestions on what program would be best for copying old hard drive to new one during rebuild.
I used to use Ghost, but more often than not recently I have been using Acronis for backup and cloning. Both are good.

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Thanks for that I will research both, any idea on costs?, that may influence my decision.

KevL · Post by **KevL** » 03 January 09 11:52 pm

Hard drive manufacturers normally have a utility on their websites for copying the drives. I believe the Western Digital one was a custom version of Acronis. They should be a free download.

2dudez · Post by **2dudez** » 04 January 09 12:23 am

Mr.Coffee and the Clan wrote: Thanks for that I will research both, any idea on costs?, that may influence my decision.

Unsure on exact costs... my discs are from work.
From memory, Acronis is about US$50, Ghost is about US$70.

As KevL mentioned there would be free alternatives around so it's worth checking the Hard Drive manufacturers sites.

Geof · Post by **Geof** » 04 January 09 9:30 am

If its a partition you want to copy gparted. I'v cloned drives on win32 and ext3 with it + its GPL / GNU.

http://gparted.sourceforge.net/

This live CD containes it + more
http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page

Probably better to re install then copy all the stuff you need across later so as not to bring all the trash from your old install.

pprass · Post by **pprass** » 05 January 09 11:52 am

Mr.Coffee and the Clan wrote:Decided to buy a new motherboard and rebuild.....

Hurry up and get it fixed will ya

How long do you think I can wait

the farmers 5 · Post by **the farmers 5** » 05 January 09 9:13 pm

Yeah,i agree hurry up and finish the job.This is better than home and away.
You spend more on coffee grinds and diesel each week on the hunts.
PS ..if one more cache comes out in Berwick...we are moving back!