wrote:
> The trick is to
> never mess with an
> active partition. Preferably it is done while
> booted from something
> other than the HDD being worked on, so that the
> whole HDD is "inert".
Yes, quite so. With anything like this, I boot from a
floppy.
> My last resort is
> to pull the HDD and plug it into a desktop and clone
> it on another HDD
> there-- yes I have the adapter.
I thought you were heavily into the drive trays deal,
Ray ? Given that, I'd think this would be almost a
snap for you, with all the necessary pieces on hand.
Basically, all you need is a desktop that has two
separate, independent IDE controllers / channels (NOT
a Slave | Master arrangement -- and a box like the
Shuttle has this), then hijack them temporarily for
this special duty with your two HDDs. (I lose the
optical drive while this procedure is underway,
another reason for the floppy boot.)
I don't see any reason why one or both of the drives
couldn't be laptop drives, given appropriate adaptors.
Of course, the easiest clone job is going to be when
the HDDs are of the same size, preferably the same
model. And as Peter and Svobi mentioned, you really
want to do this with your power coming from a good
UPS.
Jordan
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