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From: BillW50 on 17 Jan 2010 14:46
In news:4b534674$0$14132$703f8584(a)textnews.kpn.nl,
Sjouke Burry typed on Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:18:44 +0100:
> Ghost2003 runs on freedos form a bootable CD, and
> does a fine job of making an image copy of an ntfs OS drive.

Many thanks Sjouke.

--
Bill
Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3


From: ~misfit~ on 18 Jan 2010 05:08
Somewhere on teh intarwebs Paul wrote:
> ZalekBloom(a)hotmail.com wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I decided to replace HD in my laptop. It is HP Pavilion DV2000. I
>> need some kind of adapter to connect it to my desktop (my desktop
>> have SATA and IDE drives) to clone the old HD to a new one.
>> It says my disk is SATA Serial - but I see it is not regular SATA
>> adapter.
>> Here are pictures of my HD:
>> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test1.jpg
>> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test3.jpg
>> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test4.jpg
>>
>> Any idea what kind adapter do I need?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Zalek
>
> Looks like SATA. Comparing this picture of the MHV2100BH from the
> Newegg site, I'd say there is some kind of adapter in place on the
> drive you've got there (in your HP-test4.jpg). Maybe it unplugs to
> reveal the normal SATA interface ?
>
> http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/22-116-018-S02?$S640W$
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822116018

That is so typical of HP / Compaq, adding another part that can go wrong
when the sata interface itself is designed for multiple insertions.

And if you don't believe that a simple passive adapter like that can go
wrong I've got a half-dozen HP/Compaq adapters from PATA HDDs that no longer
work. It was a real puzzle when I struck the first one and took me a while
to decide to buy a new adapter as I wasn't sure....

I've had quite a few go bad since then (of various types) and I dare say
these SATA ones will be the same. A money-spinner for HP.
--
Shaun.

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.


From: ~misfit~ on 18 Jan 2010 19:07
Somewhere on teh intarwebs ~misfit~ wrote:
> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Paul wrote:
>> ZalekBloom(a)hotmail.com wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I decided to replace HD in my laptop. It is HP Pavilion DV2000. I
>>> need some kind of adapter to connect it to my desktop (my desktop
>>> have SATA and IDE drives) to clone the old HD to a new one.
>>> It says my disk is SATA Serial - but I see it is not regular SATA
>>> adapter.
>>> Here are pictures of my HD:
>>> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test1.jpg
>>> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test3.jpg
>>> http://www.evkosystems.kgbinternet.com/PC-problems/HP-test4.jpg
>>>
>>> Any idea what kind adapter do I need?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Zalek
>>
>> Looks like SATA. Comparing this picture of the MHV2100BH from the
>> Newegg site, I'd say there is some kind of adapter in place on the
>> drive you've got there (in your HP-test4.jpg). Maybe it unplugs to
>> reveal the normal SATA interface ?
>>
>> http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/22-116-018-S02?$S640W$
>>
>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822116018
>
> That is so typical of HP / Compaq, adding another part that can go
> wrong when the sata interface itself is designed for multiple
> insertions.
> And if you don't believe that a simple passive adapter like that can
> go wrong I've got a half-dozen HP/Compaq adapters from PATA HDDs that
> no longer work. It was a real puzzle when I struck the first one and
> took me a while to decide to buy a new adapter as I wasn't sure....
>
> I've had quite a few go bad since then (of various types) and I dare
> say these SATA ones will be the same. A money-spinner for HP.

Actually Zalek, why do you need to replace the HDD? If it's because it's
malfunctioning there's a chance that it could be the adapter that's stuffed
rather than the HDD. Worth bearing in mind.
--
Shaun.

"Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's
warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchet, 'Jingo'.


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