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October 21st, 2003 09:00
Format 2d HDD Using External Maxtor Drive
I have purchased a second HDD (Hitachi DK23FB-60) for my Inspiron 8200 and intend to use it as a spare emergency backup in case of failure of the primary hard drive while at remote locations. I am about to format the new drive. I have backed up my original drive on an external Maxtor hard drive. I am seeking advice on the best way to proceed - either to load everything manually from the Dell CDs or can I use the Maxtor drive to good effect.
In previous postings, I have seen the forum recommend using a modular bay for this second drive to eliminate shock and eliminate handling of the hard drive. I am wondering if I use this drive specifically as an emergency drive would this still apply? I had originally thought of swapping it from the internal bay but think that the modular bay could be a better alternative. Could the floppy drive modular bay be converted to hold the 2d HDD?
Thanks folks.
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johnallg
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October 21st, 2003 19:00
isba
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October 22nd, 2003 00:00
I am unfamiliar with Ghost but it sounds exactly what I am looking for. I am not looking forward to loading 40 CDs with uncertain results. Could you provide details on how to "Ghost" the disk? Many thanks.
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October 22nd, 2003 00:00
atucker
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October 22nd, 2003 03:00
It's actually Drive Image, from Powerquest - www.powerquest.com .
Allen T.
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October 22nd, 2003 17:00
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October 23rd, 2003 01:00
isba
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October 23rd, 2003 01:00
I have been on the phone with our friendly Dell tech folks (never a pleasant experience). I have purchased a 60 GB internal HDD with a carrier bay. They inform me that I will have to format and then install my programs/data from the Dell reinstallation CDs. They have no knowledge of the ghost or image systems. They also inform me that I can not install the new drive that I have into a media bay as the largest secondary drive allowable is 40 GB. I have gathered this information after 4 hours on the phone. Perhaps these fellas have not been quite trained to the expert level, but I thought I'd throw it out to the forum. Again, my questions: 1) What is the best way to transfer information/data from my primary hard drive to a second backup hard drive and 2) Is it better to use it as an internal hard drive with a caddy or install it into a secondary media bay. I am now inclined to go ahead and purchase the media bay carrier (Part No. 29MFN) for a 9.5mm drive and also purchase the Disk Image software from PowerQuest. Then proceed as suggested in previous comments. However, I am not sure if my system will recognize the two 60GB hard drives. The tech folks could not explain why, but were sure that I couldn't. More thoughts out there?
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December 2nd, 2003 21:00
After one month delay, I got the four screws from Dell for the media bay. Many thanks to Bay-Wolf for the part number, otherwise... I installed the disk, formatted and copied the c: drive without problems. Now I'm having difficulty in gettting it to boot. I recieved the error "\windows root\system32\hal.dll not found". Checking on the media bay, the hal.dll file is there and appears identical to the one on the c: drive. Any suggestions here?
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December 3rd, 2003 08:00
CSmith06
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December 4th, 2003 01:00
Why do you say this?