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Hello,

I have a 500 GB internal HD that I want to use to rebuild my system with and
eventually replace an ailing HD before it dies on me.

I have it on a Quick Drive enclosure that connects to my computer through a
USB cable. I am not quite sure if I can do this the way I would like to so I
will pose the question here and see how flies.

Can I install an OS on this drive while it is connected to the Quick Drive
enclosure for later removal and replace the HD I now boot from. I know I can
install other software to it and use it for storage however, I want to use it
to boot from after seting it up.

I would like to do it that way because the HD I boot from now has been
showing signs that it may not last much longer.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
 
XJHay said:
I have a 500 GB internal HD that I want to use to rebuild my system
with and eventually replace an ailing HD before it dies on me.

I have it on a Quick Drive enclosure that connects to my computer
through a USB cable. I am not quite sure if I can do this the way I
would like to so I will pose the question here and see how flies.

Can I install an OS on this drive while it is connected to the
Quick Drive enclosure for later removal and replace the HD I now
boot from. I know I can install other software to it and use it for
storage however, I want to use it to boot from after seting it up.
No.

I would like to do it that way because the HD I boot from now has
been showing signs that it may not last much longer.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
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Get some imaging software and image the dying drive to the new drive and
swap the drives out.
 
As Stanley said.......no but Imaging Software works extremely well.Seeing as
you aim to purchase a new hd to replace the one slowly breaking down,you
would need to hook the new up as a slave and image/ghost the old to the new
and then hook the new up in place of the old.Newly purchased retail versions
of HD usually come with this software or you can go to the HD manufacturers
website and download acopy.
You could of course use your 500gb drive in the same manner...
peter
 
Thanks for a quick response. One more question if I may.

Won't using that "Ghosting" proceedure that you mention just transfer the
problem from the dying to the new?
 
Thanks for your quick response also.

Can I do that from the Quick Drive or should I remove the slave HD I now
have and slave the new HD?
 
XJHay said:
I have a 500 GB internal HD that I want to use to rebuild my system
with and eventually replace an ailing HD before it dies on me.

I have it on a Quick Drive enclosure that connects to my computer
through a USB cable. I am not quite sure if I can do this the way I
would like to so I will pose the question here and see how flies.

Can I install an OS on this drive while it is connected to the
Quick Drive enclosure for later removal and replace the HD I now
boot from. I know I can install other software to it and use it for
storage however, I want to use it to boot from after seting it up.

I would like to do it that way because the HD I boot from now has
been showing signs that it may not last much longer.
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Get some imaging software and image the dying drive to the new
drive and swap the drives out.
Click to expand...
Thanks for a quick response. One more question if I may.

Won't using that "Ghosting" proceedure that you mention just
transfer the problem from the dying to the new?
Click to expand...

Dying hardware - which is what you inferred this was - is a
non-transferrable state.

In other words - let's say you had a car with a blown engine... Transferring
the windows from that car to another is not going to blow the engine in the
car where the windows end up...
 
Lets get this straight...you have 2 internal HD plus an External....You can
image the Drive that the OS is on to the external HD....but you will need to
hook that drive up as the main drive inside the system in order to boot from
it and have everything the way it was..........
or you could hook it or a newly purchased drive up temporarily as the
slave drive...do your imaging ..and place that imaged drive as the
master(watch the jumpers) putting your present slaved drive back in its
original location.
peter
 
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