hdd cloning pros & cons
February 10th, 2020
my hard drive is really dying fast.. don’t know why.. 3years in service
at 88% health with 11 badsectors T_T
this hard drive is a Seagate Barracuda 250GB
partitioned it into 2.. 205GB and 27.8GB
if i clone the hard drive itself will the partition be cloned also?
or do i have to join them together and clone them as 1 partition?
and is there no data loss in hdd cloning? and one more thing.. how reliable are these “Certified Repaired” hard drives?
they sell cheap here in our country, still a Seagate hard drive XD
or should i opt to another brand.. hmmm Hitatchi has less RMA..
i got also another option.. a WD Green drive those new ones.. EZRX versions..
so any opinions/suggestions out there?
thanks wbb
don't know why.. 3years in service
That’s certainly long enough. You should never expect an HDD to last longer
than 3 yrs! i am looking for a best software to clone a hard drive
I recommend you use Acronis True Image for this task. The disk cloning wizard is what
you’d wanna use, It should be on the menus somewhere if I recall correctly. Also, It has an option of ignoring bad sectors, Make sure you enable it! And properly adjust the boot order from BIOS once it’s all done.
if i clone the hard drive itself will the partition be cloned also?
It depends on the particular app. Acronis lets you customize if if you want (but you should only do that if the new HDD is of bigger capacity) 28 gigs may be alright for XP, But for Win7/8 I wouldn’t settle for any less than 60.
and is there no data loss in hdd cloning?
No, Why would there be? Your just gonna be copying one HDD to another.
how reliable are these "Certified Repaired" hard drives?
Not any less reliable than new ones. However, No HDD is bulletproof and you can’t always
predict failures! If you value your data, Then I strongly recommend you maintain regular backup to another HDD (preferably an external) and maybe use some online backup service too.
or should i opt to another brand..
Don’t see a reason to.
WD Green drive those new ones.. EZRX versions..
FYI, Green drives are made for pure storage. They aren’t built for best performance, Therefore shouldn’t be used as Primary (The OS will suffer)
so is it okay to clone right away?
hmmm here is the situation again..
i got a 40GB IDE running my OS and some apps
then my 250GB as my storage..[mentioned above with 2 partitions]
i want to change and use a 1TB drive for both of them..
is this possible to clone? which is first? thanks you really explain everything well great credits to you
so the green drive is not really good even the new version for OS and other XD
it was really catchy because of the price here.. hahaha (limited budget)
hmmm here is the situation again..
i got a 40GB IDE running my OS and some apps
then my 250GB as my storage..[mentioned above with 2 partitions]
i want to change and use a 1TB drive for both of them..
is this possible to clone? which is first?
You cannot clone 2 drives into 1!!
Disk cloning can only be done on a one to one basis (all existing partitions on the destination drive will be automatically deleted when you clone to it!) which is why you should clone ONLY the OS HDD (40GB) and use copy & paste to transfer the data from your other one (250GB)
thanks
You welcome so the green drive is not really good even the new version for OS and other XD it was really catchy because of the price here.. hahaha (limited budget)
Green drives are fine for storage, Just not for anything I/O intensive like operating systems and games.
i see, you can’t clone 2 drives into 1 drive XD
another learning experience from you mr !
thank you!
i’ll be cloning my drive and making back-up soon
thanks dude
more power again !
great credits to !
i see, you can't clone 2 drives into 1 drive XDa Western Digital Black drive, with the 64MB cache is a much better drive than any Seagate drive!. especially regarding reliability!. don’t get the “white box” versions though, they are repacked by a third party from a large box, and sometimes are mishandled by them!.
another learning experience from you mr !
thank you!
i'll be cloning my drive and making back-up soon
thanks dude
more power again !
great credits to !
thanks for the info
uhmm how can we recognize that WD black drive is the “white box” version?
as of now, i’ll be cutting cost here.. so sad.. T_T
i think i’m going to risk at a “Certified Repaired” Seagate drive 1TB
just to save my files and keep this old rig running..
]Western Digital Black drive, with the 64MB cache is a much better drive than any Seagate drive!.
The black series is overpriced, And as far the bigger cache goes, That’s complete nonsense! It has previously been proven that the size of the cache have no impact on performance (as long as it’s at least 8MB) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ADisk_buffer
So it’s overall just a gimmick.
especially regarding reliability!
I couldn’t disagree more. I had several WDs that went bad after a short period of time.
don't get the "white box" versions though, they are repacked by a third party from a large box, and sometimes are mishandled by them!.
FYI the vast majority of HDDs come as OEM. Retail ones aren’t easy to find.
1sec, I know one.
it’s free, click:
http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html
good luck.
1sec, I know one.it’s free, click:
http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.htmlLOL!
I don’t know what kinda weed you been smoking, But it must’ve been real good! The app you mentioned has no correlation whatsoever to the topic.
nvm, I could of sworn he said clone a CD drive, oops. nothing to see here.