Transferring Windows OS from IDE to SCSI

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I inherited a 15000 RPM 20GB SCSI drive that I might want to use as my
C: drive, on the belief that it'll be quicker than my extant 7200 RPM
20GB IDE drive. What's a painless way to transfer a live OS
installation to the new drive? Also, what's a cheap / free way? Some
level of pain is acceptable for the latter, if it works. I've got more
time and technical skill than money right now. At any rate, I'm not
interested in a clean installation. I've got tons of stuff on my
Windows 2000 box, it's been more-or-less healthy for several years.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every
 
Cruise Director said:
I inherited a 15000 RPM 20GB SCSI drive that I might want
to use as my C: drive, on the belief that it'll be quicker than
my extant 7200 RPM 20GB IDE drive. What's a painless
way to transfer a live OS installation to the new drive?
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I prefer True Image myself. If that doesnt boot when you
try booting the clone on the SCSI drive, boot the XP CD
and act as if you are doing a new install, dont format the
drive and it will detect the install and ask if you want to
repair it. Say yes and it should boot fine after that.
Also, what's a cheap / free way?
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Symantec SystemWorks Pro 2003 off ebay, using the ghost off that.

xxclone is free for personal use, not as easy to use tho.
http://xxclone.com/
Some level of pain is acceptable for the latter, if it works.
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No pain with xxclone, its just rather slower and a bit more manual.
 
Rod said:
I prefer True Image myself. If that doesnt boot when you
try booting the clone on the SCSI drive, boot the XP CD
and act as if you are doing a new install, dont format the
drive and it will detect the install and ask if you want to
repair it. Say yes and it should boot fine after that.
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Will that work for Windows 2000?
Symantec SystemWorks Pro 2003 off ebay, using the ghost off that.
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I've got an old version of Ghost 2000 IIRC. I just wasn't confident
that a clone would be valid across non-identical volumes. I suppose I
could try it and see, as it wouldn't lose anything.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every
 
Cruise Director said:
Rod Speed wrote
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Will that work for Windows 2000?
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Probably, but its more primitive in that area.
I've got an old version of Ghost 2000 IIRC. I just wasn't confident
that a clone would be valid across non-identical volumes.
I suppose I could try it and see, as it wouldn't lose anything.
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Yep. Forget just what 2000 could do, its been too long now.
 
Using Ghost 2003, you can clone across non-identical volumes. Actually,
just yesterday I used it to clone a 8 gb boot partition to a 20 gb boot
partition, which it did automatically and it works fine.

Irwin
 
Irwin said:
Using Ghost 2003, you can clone across non-identical volumes. Actually,
just yesterday I used it to clone a 8 gb boot partition to a 20 gb boot
partition, which it did automatically and it works fine.
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Actually I've lost interest in the project. I'm pretty sure I've only
got Ghost 2000, and that it requires identical drives. I've found that
SCSI controllers ain't cheap at retail, even if used. Ebay is possible
but that's a PITA. Most importantly, there's no evidence that I'm
going to see a substantial benefit to be worth the hassle. For my next
trick I'll see if my friend's old junker computer that we're trying to
soup up has a decent SCSI controller in it or not. If it does, and
maybe even if it doesn't, I'll give the drives to him and take my
dividends in beer.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every
 
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