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From: rc on 13 Mar 2010 15:09 I didn't know of the Hitachi HDD diagnotic tool. Which tool are you referring to? In regards to Casper...I think I am inclined to at least give it a shot. Thanks "Anna" <myname(a)myisp.net> wrote in message news:u%23WBcZuwKHA.1984(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > >> news:eXFMd8KwKHA.5244(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> >>>>> "rc" <rc(a)home> has written... >>>>>> I am running out of space on my hard drive and want to migrate to a >>>>>> larger one. Can I "copy" my current hard drive onto a larger one? >>>>>> Is it necessary to purchase software to do so. PC running SP with >>>>>> all the SP packages. Also would hate to have to reinstall the many >>>>>> programs involved. Thanks. >>>>> >>>>>> Now the computer using the new disk will not boot. The windows XP >>>>>> screen begins and then promptly keeps attempting to restart. As far >>>>>> as I could tell the migration went ok (solely based on the completion >>>>>> messages/results given by the Acronis software). I'm assuming the >>>>>> migration would include making the disk bootable??? >>>>>> Before I attempted any "cloning" I formatted the new disk and ran >>>>>> ckdsk and no errors were reported. Any suggestions would be >>>>>> appreciated. >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. I'll give it a try. Another question....can it be a >>>>>> compatibility problem? Also, how would I know? I was using a 20GB, >>>>>> WDCWD200BB-75DEA0 and trying to migrate to 80GB Hitachi >>>>>> (HDS728080PLAT20). >>>>>> Additional note** The last time I tried to format the new hard drive >>>>>> I received a message at the very end that "Windows was unable to >>>>>> complete format". thanks again > >>> "rc" <rc(a)home> wrote in message >>> news:eWvTzNKwKHA.1692(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> Anna, >>>> >>>> In response to your intitial post...you are correct on all accounts. I >>>> should point out that my expression of the HDD being originally >>>> formatted by myself is incorrect. I meant that the initial cloning >>>> (which I assumed would include formatting) was seemingly ok. Only >>>> after the new 80GB HDD would not boot did I run chkdsk and attempted to >>>> format the HDD in order to wipe it clean and try again. > > >> "Anna" <myname(a)myisp.net> wrote in message >>> rc: >>> So where are you now? >>> The problem remains? >>> And you're indicating that you repeated the disk-cloning operation with >>> your Acronis program but always with the same results? >>> If so, have you tried using the Casper disk-cloning program (trial >>> version) that I mentioned in my last post? >>> Anna > > > "rc" <rc(a)home> wrote in message > news:u%23eNcjtwKHA.732(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Anna, >> >> No I haven't and only because the trial version indicated that it would >> not support volume resizing. The additonal space is my original reason >> for the clone. I may just opt for the full version. I'm still a little >> perplexed about the formatting. Sorry for the delay as I was away for a >> few days. > > rc: > While it is true that the trial version of the Casper 6 program contains > that volume resizing limitation as I explained in my previous post > describing that program, I really think (at the minimum) you should give > it a try since there's virtually nothing to really lose by so doing. > > Since you've apparently had this ongoing problem using the Acronis > disk-cloning program let's see if there's a similar failure using the > Casper program. If there is, then you would know something is amiss with > the HDD - either the source disk or the destination disk. (We'll rule out > for the time being the possibility of both disks being defective.) And you > have checked out both disks with the Hitachi HDD diagnostic utility, > right? > > So what if the Casper disk-cloning operation completes successfully and > creates a partition on the destination HDD (your 80 GB Hitachi) only large > enough to contain the complete contents of your 20 GB HDD? What's the real > harm here? At least you'll know that a successful disk-cloning operation > can be achieved and you'll have a bootable functional HDD for the moment. > And who knows? Should that happen you may even be enticed to purchase the > licensed version of the Casper 6 program which, of course, does not have > that volume resizing limitation. > Anna >
From: Anna on 13 Mar 2010 16:15 >>> news:eXFMd8KwKHA.5244(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>> >>>>>> "rc" <rc(a)home> has written... >>>>>>> I am running out of space on my hard drive and want to migrate to a >>>>>>> larger one. Can I "copy" my current hard drive onto a larger one? >>>>>>> Is it necessary to purchase software to do so. PC running SP with >>>>>>> all the SP packages. Also would hate to have to reinstall the many >>>>>>> programs involved. Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Now the computer using the new disk will not boot. The windows XP >>>>>>> screen begins and then promptly keeps attempting to restart. As far >>>>>>> as I could tell the migration went ok (solely based on the >>>>>>> completion messages/results given by the Acronis software). I'm >>>>>>> assuming the migration would include making the disk bootable??? >>>>>>> Before I attempted any "cloning" I formatted the new disk and ran >>>>>>> ckdsk and no errors were reported. Any suggestions would be >>>>>>> appreciated. >>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks. I'll give it a try. Another question....can it be a >>>>>>> compatibility problem? Also, how would I know? I was using a 20GB, >>>>>>> WDCWD200BB-75DEA0 and trying to migrate to 80GB Hitachi >>>>>>> (HDS728080PLAT20). >>>>>>> Additional note** The last time I tried to format the new hard >>>>>>> drive I received a message at the very end that "Windows was unable >>>>>>> to complete format". thanks again >> >>>> "rc" <rc(a)home> wrote in message >>>> news:eWvTzNKwKHA.1692(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>>> Anna, >>>>> >>>>> In response to your intitial post...you are correct on all accounts. >>>>> I should point out that my expression of the HDD being originally >>>>> formatted by myself is incorrect. I meant that the initial cloning >>>>> (which I assumed would include formatting) was seemingly ok. Only >>>>> after the new 80GB HDD would not boot did I run chkdsk and attempted >>>>> to format the HDD in order to wipe it clean and try again. >>> "Anna" <myname(a)myisp.net> wrote in message >>>> rc: >>>> So where are you now? >>>> The problem remains? >>>> And you're indicating that you repeated the disk-cloning operation with >>>> your Acronis program but always with the same results? >>>> If so, have you tried using the Casper disk-cloning program (trial >>>> version) that I mentioned in my last post? >>>> Anna >> "rc" <rc(a)home> wrote in message >> news:u%23eNcjtwKHA.732(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> Anna, >>> >>> No I haven't and only because the trial version indicated that it would >>> not support volume resizing. The additonal space is my original reason >>> for the clone. I may just opt for the full version. I'm still a little >>> perplexed about the formatting. Sorry for the delay as I was away for a >>> few days. > "Anna" <myname(a)myisp.net> wrote in message > news:u%23WBcZuwKHA.1984(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> rc: >> While it is true that the trial version of the Casper 6 program contains >> that volume resizing limitation as I explained in my previous post >> describing that program, I really think (at the minimum) you should give >> it a try since there's virtually nothing to really lose by so doing. >> >> Since you've apparently had this ongoing problem using the Acronis >> disk-cloning program let's see if there's a similar failure using the >> Casper program. If there is, then you would know something is amiss with >> the HDD - either the source disk or the destination disk. (We'll rule out >> for the time being the possibility of both disks being defective.) And >> you have checked out both disks with the Hitachi HDD diagnostic utility, >> right? >> >> So what if the Casper disk-cloning operation completes successfully and >> creates a partition on the destination HDD (your 80 GB Hitachi) only >> large enough to contain the complete contents of your 20 GB HDD? What's >> the real harm here? At least you'll know that a successful disk-cloning >> operation can be achieved and you'll have a bootable functional HDD for >> the moment. And who knows? Should that happen you may even be enticed to >> purchase the licensed version of the Casper 6 program which, of course, >> does not have that volume resizing limitation. >> Anna "rc" <rc(a)home> wrote in message news:%23LSTLmuwKHA.404(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >I didn't know of the Hitachi HDD diagnotic tool. Which tool are you >referring to? In regards to Casper...I think I am inclined to at least give >it a shot. Thanks rc... See... http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm for the Hitachi Drive Fitness Test. You can create both a bootable CD and a bootable floppy disk to include this HDD diagnostic utility program. You can use the program (usually) even with a non-Hitachi HDD. Also, take a look at the Hard Disk Sentinel (HDSentinel) program at... http://www.hdsentinel.com/index.php The free version should be more than suitable for you. And I think you would be wise to at least try out the trial version of the Casper 6 program. Anna
From: rc on 15 Mar 2010 11:16
Thanks group for all of you help and support. Unfortunately, I have come to the conclustion that it is indeed the HDD itself. All of your suggestions and helpful hints ordinarily would have been very beneficial if I were dealing with a good piece of hardware. Thanks again "Anna" <myname(a)myisp.net> wrote in message news:eSVQdJvwKHA.6140(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > >>>> news:eXFMd8KwKHA.5244(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>> >>>>>>> "rc" <rc(a)home> has written... >>>>>>>> I am running out of space on my hard drive and want to migrate to a >>>>>>>> larger one. Can I "copy" my current hard drive onto a larger one? >>>>>>>> Is it necessary to purchase software to do so. PC running SP with >>>>>>>> all the SP packages. Also would hate to have to reinstall the many >>>>>>>> programs involved. Thanks. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Now the computer using the new disk will not boot. The windows XP >>>>>>>> screen begins and then promptly keeps attempting to restart. As >>>>>>>> far as I could tell the migration went ok (solely based on the >>>>>>>> completion messages/results given by the Acronis software). I'm >>>>>>>> assuming the migration would include making the disk bootable??? >>>>>>>> Before I attempted any "cloning" I formatted the new disk and ran >>>>>>>> ckdsk and no errors were reported. Any suggestions would be >>>>>>>> appreciated. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks. I'll give it a try. Another question....can it be a >>>>>>>> compatibility problem? Also, how would I know? I was using a >>>>>>>> 20GB, WDCWD200BB-75DEA0 and trying to migrate to 80GB Hitachi >>>>>>>> (HDS728080PLAT20). >>>>>>>> Additional note** The last time I tried to format the new hard >>>>>>>> drive I received a message at the very end that "Windows was unable >>>>>>>> to complete format". thanks again >>> >>>>> "rc" <rc(a)home> wrote in message >>>>> news:eWvTzNKwKHA.1692(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>>>> Anna, >>>>>> >>>>>> In response to your intitial post...you are correct on all accounts. >>>>>> I should point out that my expression of the HDD being originally >>>>>> formatted by myself is incorrect. I meant that the initial cloning >>>>>> (which I assumed would include formatting) was seemingly ok. Only >>>>>> after the new 80GB HDD would not boot did I run chkdsk and attempted >>>>>> to format the HDD in order to wipe it clean and try again. > > >>>> "Anna" <myname(a)myisp.net> wrote in message >>>>> rc: >>>>> So where are you now? >>>>> The problem remains? >>>>> And you're indicating that you repeated the disk-cloning operation >>>>> with your Acronis program but always with the same results? >>>>> If so, have you tried using the Casper disk-cloning program (trial >>>>> version) that I mentioned in my last post? >>>>> Anna > > >>> "rc" <rc(a)home> wrote in message >>> news:u%23eNcjtwKHA.732(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>> Anna, >>>> >>>> No I haven't and only because the trial version indicated that it would >>>> not support volume resizing. The additonal space is my original reason >>>> for the clone. I may just opt for the full version. I'm still a little >>>> perplexed about the formatting. Sorry for the delay as I was away for >>>> a few days. > > >> "Anna" <myname(a)myisp.net> wrote in message >> news:u%23WBcZuwKHA.1984(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>> rc: >>> While it is true that the trial version of the Casper 6 program contains >>> that volume resizing limitation as I explained in my previous post >>> describing that program, I really think (at the minimum) you should give >>> it a try since there's virtually nothing to really lose by so doing. >>> >>> Since you've apparently had this ongoing problem using the Acronis >>> disk-cloning program let's see if there's a similar failure using the >>> Casper program. If there is, then you would know something is amiss with >>> the HDD - either the source disk or the destination disk. (We'll rule >>> out for the time being the possibility of both disks being defective.) >>> And you have checked out both disks with the Hitachi HDD diagnostic >>> utility, right? >>> >>> So what if the Casper disk-cloning operation completes successfully and >>> creates a partition on the destination HDD (your 80 GB Hitachi) only >>> large enough to contain the complete contents of your 20 GB HDD? What's >>> the real harm here? At least you'll know that a successful disk-cloning >>> operation can be achieved and you'll have a bootable functional HDD for >>> the moment. And who knows? Should that happen you may even be enticed to >>> purchase the licensed version of the Casper 6 program which, of course, >>> does not have that volume resizing limitation. >>> Anna > > > "rc" <rc(a)home> wrote in message > news:%23LSTLmuwKHA.404(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>I didn't know of the Hitachi HDD diagnotic tool. Which tool are you >>referring to? In regards to Casper...I think I am inclined to at least >>give it a shot. Thanks > > > rc... > See... > http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm > for the Hitachi Drive Fitness Test. You can create both a bootable CD and > a bootable floppy disk to include this HDD diagnostic utility program. You > can use the program (usually) even with a non-Hitachi HDD. > > Also, take a look at the Hard Disk Sentinel (HDSentinel) program at... > http://www.hdsentinel.com/index.php > The free version should be more than suitable for you. > > And I think you would be wise to at least try out the trial version of the > Casper 6 program. > Anna > |