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From: Don Phillipson on 15 Mar 2010 16:28
Warned by the signal "Hard drive failure imminent" on
a 10 year-old Maxtor, with a second drive with enough
space, I want to clone all onto the other drive (WD,
5 years old) to save configurations as well as data
files. The PC is 10.y.o. so I am thinking of a traded-in
faster IBM ($200 locally) but then I should want to transfer
everything a second time.

What is the best software for this?
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


From: TVeblen on 15 Mar 2010 16:05
On 3/15/2010 4:28 PM, Don Phillipson wrote:
> Warned by the signal "Hard drive failure imminent" on
> a 10 year-old Maxtor, with a second drive with enough
> space, I want to clone all onto the other drive (WD,
> 5 years old) to save configurations as well as data
> files. The PC is 10.y.o. so I am thinking of a traded-in
> faster IBM ($200 locally) but then I should want to transfer
> everything a second time.
>
> What is the best software for this?

I use Acronis True Image and like it a lot.
From: Grinder on 15 Mar 2010 16:09
On 3/15/2010 3:28 PM, Don Phillipson wrote:
> Warned by the signal "Hard drive failure imminent" on
> a 10 year-old Maxtor, with a second drive with enough
> space, I want to clone all onto the other drive (WD,
> 5 years old) to save configurations as well as data
> files. The PC is 10.y.o. so I am thinking of a traded-in
> faster IBM ($200 locally) but then I should want to transfer
> everything a second time.
>
> What is the best software for this?

I'm a fan of Acronis True Image. At one point there were free, branded
versions of True Image for owners of Seagate and Maxtor drives, so you
might want to check that out.

More in a bit, but you might want to check out this comparison:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_disk_cloning_software

From: Ken on 15 Mar 2010 16:24
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:28:40 -0500, "Don Phillipson"
<e925(a)SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote:

> Warned by the signal "Hard drive failure imminent" on
> a 10 year-old Maxtor, with a second drive with enough
> space, I want to clone all onto the other drive (WD,
> 5 years old) to save configurations as well as data
> files. The PC is 10.y.o. so I am thinking of a traded-in
> faster IBM ($200 locally) but then I should want to transfer
> everything a second time.
>
> What is the best software for this?


http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxBlast_5&vgnextoid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

From: Grinder on 15 Mar 2010 16:31
On 3/15/2010 3:28 PM, Don Phillipson wrote:
> Warned by the signal "Hard drive failure imminent" on
> a 10 year-old Maxtor, with a second drive with enough
> space, I want to clone all onto the other drive (WD,
> 5 years old) to save configurations as well as data
> files. The PC is 10.y.o. so I am thinking of a traded-in
> faster IBM ($200 locally) but then I should want to transfer
> everything a second time.
>
> What is the best software for this?

The re-branded version of Acronis True Image for Seagate/Maxtor users is
called Disc Wizard:

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=d9fd4a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

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