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Sion · 04-26-2003, 08:27 PM

ok, so a little while ago, I clicked on My Computer and heard the dreaded "clickety click click" that is the precursor of a hard drive beginning its death throes. I've heard the sound before and I know it cant be good. So, I need to backup the HD before it dies completely. Thats the bad news.

The good news is that I run dual hard drives in my machine. The smaller (an 8gb Western Digital) houses my OS and installed programs, plus some odds and ends, while the larger (a 15gb Maxtor) holds most of my assorted data and movies/porn/etc. I feel relatively certain that the WD/OS drive is the one about to go, since a) it is older, and b) it gets the most use (as it holds the OS).

As I type this, I am in the process of clearing off the Maxtor drive so that it will have enough space to hold everything on the OS drive. (damn am I glad I got a cd burner recently). The next step is to backup/copy everything on the dying drive to the other drive so that I can use it until I get a replacement, without having to go through the bother of a fresh install of Winblows.

so, my question is this: what is the best way to go about copying/backup the OS drive. I want to be able to just pull it out and (after adjusting jumper and bios settings) have the remaining drive be bootable.

is it possible to do this just by drag and drop? or do I need to use a specific program? I have a proggie called DiskCopy (I think thats what its called) that is supposed to be handy for just such a situation, but have never used it like that before, only used it for copying floppies.

advice?

specs

dual hard drive setup
amd athlon 750 mghz cpu
224mb ram
running win98se

04-26-2003, 08:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Sion Dumb all over...a little ugly on the side Location: In the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops.	Emergency help needed ASAP ok, so a little while ago, I clicked on My Computer and heard the dreaded "clickety click click" that is the precursor of a hard drive beginning its death throes. I've heard the sound before and I know it cant be good. So, I need to backup the HD before it dies completely. Thats the bad news. The good news is that I run dual hard drives in my machine. The smaller (an 8gb Western Digital) houses my OS and installed programs, plus some odds and ends, while the larger (a 15gb Maxtor) holds most of my assorted data and movies/porn/etc. I feel relatively certain that the WD/OS drive is the one about to go, since a) it is older, and b) it gets the most use (as it holds the OS). As I type this, I am in the process of clearing off the Maxtor drive so that it will have enough space to hold everything on the OS drive. (damn am I glad I got a cd burner recently). The next step is to backup/copy everything on the dying drive to the other drive so that I can use it until I get a replacement, without having to go through the bother of a fresh install of Winblows. so, my question is this: what is the best way to go about copying/backup the OS drive. I want to be able to just pull it out and (after adjusting jumper and bios settings) have the remaining drive be bootable. is it possible to do this just by drag and drop? or do I need to use a specific program? I have a proggie called DiskCopy (I think thats what its called) that is supposed to be handy for just such a situation, but have never used it like that before, only used it for copying floppies. advice? specs dual hard drive setup amd athlon 750 mghz cpu 224mb ram running win98se __________________ He's the best, of course, of all the worst. Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...