I needed a new HARD DRIVE + a CLONE too! Here's how I did it

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After KICKING the side of my computer to get the hard drive to start up (It was only a 1 yr old Maxtor)!!, I knew it was time to clone it as soon as I could before it failed.
I used my Copy Commander 9 Program to make the clone of my old drive on a bigger WD one. Then I decided to back up my wife's computer by cloning her hard drive to another too! Here is how I did it.
Also, if your drives are bigger than the 137 GB barrier allows, then set up the drive in DOS first so your computer "sees" the entire 320GB or what ever size you choose.
And absolutely DON'T FORGET to RUN the "SCANDISK" (tell it to fix errors automatically) on the ORIGINAL drive before copying it over or it will stop in the middle and you will have to start over, as Copy Commander 9 won't let you copy errors....And that is good!

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can you coppy vista? ( 2 months ago by RX918)

can you coppy vista?

Yes, it copies the ... ( 2 months ago by NightFlyyer)

Yes, it copies the entire hard drive, no matter what is on it.

hey thanks, and one ... ( 1 month ago by RX918)

hey thanks, and one more question, my computer dosnt have any floppy drives because insted i have a multy card reader on it so can it still be done just by using the disk or do i have to use a floppy disk?

can you clone it ... ( 1 month ago by flappybob222)

can you clone it put it on another blank drive then have the os and every thing on it

Thats right. That ... ( 1 month ago by NightFlyyer)

Thats right. That is the whole point. Make an exact copy of your present drive onto a new blank one, and then put in the new one, and keep the original as a spare. You can do it every 6 months, is the way I do it, then you never loose only 6 months of internet upgrades, emails, etc, instead of it all, if lightning strikes the computer.

If you have DVD ... ( 1 month ago by NightFlyyer)

If you have DVD player, you can set the bios to boot to that first and it will run off the DVD.

thanks! ( 1 month ago by RX918)

thanks!

You hit the nail ... ( 1 month ago by OneCloudMind)

You hit the nail right on the head!! You're right that's what bckups should do!! Thank you!! You are the man!! I've lost so many programs after reformating my hard drives in the past; that I am adamant about buying the program disks w/keys, even then it'll take hours to get back up!! I've been asking everyone what program could clone the entire HD & restore the programs still installed in the registry; but no one knew if ghost or other clones would do that-- you recommend Copy Comm. 9-- huh?

Hey Dave; will ... ( 1 month ago by OneCloudMind)

Hey Dave; will CopyCommander9 restore a cloned HD w/o the floppy bootdisk??-- Who has a floppy drive nowadays?-- I don't remember what one looks like:)

Thanks kindly. Yep, ... ( 1 month ago by NightFlyyer)

Thanks kindly. Yep, I do recommend it. I use it every 6 months to make a clone.

Yes, put the CC9 ... ( 1 month ago by NightFlyyer)

Yes, put the CC9 disk in and then just tell the bios to boot from the CD first. Then simply follow the prompts.

Oh dual bios, it's ... ( 1 month ago by Silicondoc)

Oh dual bios, it's probably a Gigabyte motherboard (your wife's).

Great tutorial!--I ... ( 1 month ago by OneCloudMind)

Great tutorial!--I bought CopyCommander9 on ebay for $10(brand new in box/unregistered!
I already cloned my HDD and partitioned my larger HDD the way I wanted it! Thanks Dave this Video walk-through helped!--Also...Try PartitionCommander-- it will allow resize of Partitions w/o losing/reformating of data on partition and to add multiple OS's! For $10 on ebay I got entire Suite---PartitionCommander/SystemCommander/ &CopyCommander9!!--from seller-- livebaazar

Thanks sir and ... ( 1 month ago by NightFlyyer)

Thanks sir and thanks for the additional information.

Thanks Dave! ... ( 3 weeks ago by Sundownr)

Thanks Dave! Followed your steps and it worked perfectly! Now I can sleep at night and I'll never worry about reinstalling Windows again! Three thumbs up to you sir! -Sundowner

Your welcome. I ... ( 3 weeks ago by NightFlyyer)

Your welcome. I appreciate it too.

Anyone else notice ... ( 2 weeks ago by dieforddie)

Anyone else notice this guy sounds just like Rusty Nail from the horror movie Joy Ride? :P You have a career in voice acting buddy. Anyway thanks a bunch for the how-to!

Haha. Thanks kindly. ( 2 weeks ago by NightFlyyer)

Haha. Thanks kindly.

Actually im running ... ( 2 weeks ago by dieforddie)

Actually im running into a bit of a snag. Upon Installing CC and making the diskette, the program boots in DOS but when it gets t the screen to show me my options moving the mouse or keyboard does nothing! Could this be caused by me using a USB mouse/keyboard? Its a Dell 8400 PC.

Yes, plug in a ... ( 2 weeks ago by NightFlyyer)

Yes, plug in a regular serial mouse and it will work, or use the keyboard.

I also noticed the ... ( 2 weeks ago by dieforddie)

I also noticed the program doesnt seem to mention SATA drives which both are,anyways Ill try again with an old Dell mouse.

Serial mouse Worked ... ( 2 weeks ago by dieforddie)

Serial mouse Worked. The system blue screened on the first boot after disconnecting the Dell proprietary drive, but seems to be running fine now. I imagine any issues would be because of Dell's meddling.

I currently have a ... ( 2 weeks ago by TheKoreanX)

I currently have a 160GB (although but my computer says 144GB) and I want a new hard drive, which is going to be 640GB. I have Arconis True Image. Can I just use that to clone my current drive? And what is this "137GB barrier" that you mentioned in your description? I don't understand...

I didn't understand ... ( 2 weeks ago by TheKoreanX)

I didn't understand anything but according to the internet I will be ok xD but thanks anyways :D

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