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Disk Drive Repalcement
Sorry but I am new to the forum and mistakenly sent out only part of my original Message.
I am running out of space on my origianl drives since I am running Vista Home Premium.
I want to replace my internal drives with larger dires. My system is arranged in a RAID 1 configuration. I am not that knowledgale about RAID drives. I have some questions:
1. Are the physical drives SATA drives?
2. If I was to replace them, how would I go about that and copy my system files over to the new drives since there is only room for two drives in the case?
3. Is it easier to eliminate the RAID configuration and put in two SATA drives in ther place?
Any help or other suggestions would be appreciated.
I am in the same situation. I have an internitent C drive problem so need to replace it. I already have an external HD and a backup program EMC Retrospect Express.
I have done the backup of the C drive. My question is, how will I be able to copy to the new replacement drive the contents of the C drive from my external HD, if I don't have windows booted up to make that transfer to the new drive?
I was also thinking that why not take out my current d drive (which is fine), copy the current c drive to the new replacement c drive that I put in the d drive slot. Then take out the old failing c drive, put the new d drive I copied all of c over to back in the C slot and put back my d drive.
Would that work as well?
shesagordie
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Posted July 21st, 2008 19:00
@garsar wrote:
I am in the same situation. I have an internitent C drive problem so need to replace it. I already have an external HD and a backup program EMC Retrospect Express.
I have done the backup of the C drive. My question is, how will I be able to copy to the new replacement drive the contents of the C drive from my external HD, if I don't have windows booted up to make that transfer to the new drive?
I was also thinking that why not take out my current d drive (which is fine), copy the current c drive to the new replacement c drive that I put in the d drive slot. Then take out the old failing c drive, put the new d drive I copied all of c over to back in the C slot and put back my d drive.
Would that work as well?
Imaging the exsisting C:/ drive to a new hard drive should work fine.
You need a imaging utility, similar to either Acronis True Image 11 Home or Acronis Migrate Easy 7.0
First, install the new drive as the secondary, image the exsisting C:/ to it. Immediately shut the system down, switch the data cable to the new drive, make the new hard drive the master and see if the system boots correctly. Boot the system with only the new hard drive connected.
Remember to leave the original drive disconnected.
Note: Seagate/Maxtor hard drives have a free copy of Acronis, that is included in their retail boxed drives or can be downloaded from Seagate's site for use with their OEM hard drives. This copy of Acronis can only be used with either a Seagate or Maxtor hard drive.
Before cloning a hard drive, be certain that existing drive has no corruption or virus on it, as these will be transfered to the new hard drive.
A hint: Read the Acronis manual before imaging the drives.
Bev.
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Post the issue in the appropriate Board, where they will be answered.Message Edited by shesagordie on 07-21-2008 03:15 PM
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Posted July 16th, 2008 18:00
No one can tell you what drives you have without knowing the model of the system.
Your best bet: buy an external drive large enough to hold an image of the complete system, and a copy of Acronis TrueImage. Make an image, replace the drives, build the new array and restore the image.