wrote:
> I just lost 2 HDD's with cloning from one to another
> !!
>
> Stacked at 11.8% and many more hours the cloning
> process showed no further
> activities and I aborted ...
> ... assuming that I can repeat again from the source
> to another target:
> Unfortunately both HDD's (the source too) had
> gotten: Boot Sector Read Error !
Svobi,
I can't imagine how that could happen, unless you were
unprotected and had a massive power surge while the
procedure was in progress. You aren't doing
*anything* TO the Source HDD, except reading from it.
In any case, as I previously mentioned, this drive has
already been cloned very recently to another
same-model drive. That has become my standard
operational procedure: have a set of 3 identical HDDs
that I clone and rotate on a semi-regular basis. One
of the best backup plans I think you can have these
days, when the drives are relatively cheap. I mean,
$50. after rebates for a 120G. HDD that has a better
warranty -- it's kind of a no-brainer. That's like
the price of a couple tape cartridges, and makes a
helluva lot more sense these days, in terms of backup.
(I supplement this with partition image backups, on
separate storage.)
The only thing that will be different -- at least this
first time, until I establish a regular 120G. drive
rotation -- is that the cloning I am discussing will
go onto the larger drive, which will then be adjusted
to make use of the extra space. At the moment, it is
just an extra, empty drive.
I think the backup situation is already well in hand.
And it's probably a good idea to do this sooner rather
than later. The set of 80G. drives are WD, which only
had a 1-year warranty. The current "primary" drive of
the 80G set is starting to make some noises that give
me pause. OTOH, the 120G drives will be Seagates that
carry a 5-year warranty. That is probably a decent
indicator of their relative longevities.
Jordan
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