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Need DOS based HD Cloning tool

« on: June 23, 2008, 03:27:27 PM »

OK I have a laptop with some very bad sectors on the HD and I can no longer get into Windows. I need to clone the HD to a new HD through either the USB or eSata port. I've tried a few but they all quit at the errors. Any idea of a DOS based program that will allow me to copy the HD via USB or eSata and ignore the errors? Oh and I need it to be free.


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Re: Need DOS based HD Cloning tool

« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2008, 04:27:35 PM »

Ghost.


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Re: Need DOS based HD Cloning tool

« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2008, 04:29:24 PM »

I don't know of any that will replicate through the errors. If there are corrupt sectors then the data it would need to fully clone could potentially be bad. I may be mistaken on this, but I just went through this at work, and we lost over a terrabyte of data when we had 2 HDD go out in the same raid pack....


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Re: Need DOS based HD Cloning tool

« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2008, 04:35:39 PM »

If you can make it through a chkdsk using the surface scan option, then ghost will clone it.


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Re: Need DOS based HD Cloning tool

« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2008, 04:54:54 PM »

Ran chkdsk several times. So anyone know where I can "borrow" a copy of ghost?


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Re: Need DOS based HD Cloning tool

« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2008, 05:52:21 PM »

You could always download a trial copy of Acronis. We've had good luck with it. The only problem is it has spotty USB support. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.


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Re: Need DOS based HD Cloning tool

« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2008, 07:22:48 PM »

I dunno...

I'm thinking probably someone named another way of saying.... CrimsonSunrise may be able to help you.

Just a guess however.


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