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jonnythan
Cucumber cowboy
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143109 points
100/M/The north,
Join Date: Aug 2005 | It sometimes works in Windows. It works all the time if you simply run sysprep before you remove the drive.
It usually doesn't work in Linux, though, btw. And AFAIK there's no Linux sysprep equivalent that will basically guarantee that it'll work.
This only applies to the boot drive of course. |  | |
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ybom
Über-Meister
2916 points
30/NA/,
Join Date: Oct 2008 | Edit, trying to stay on topic as much as poss.
I don't like the idea that I have to hunt for specific peripherals to be compatible with *nix. For instance, I'd probably either have to pay a lot more or severely limit my choices if it came to finding a good digital camera or camcorder that had software for *nix. Prove me wrong, please.
jonnythan said:
It sometimes works in Windows. It works all the time if you simply run sysprep before you remove the drive.
It usually doesn't work in Linux, though, btw. And AFAIK there's no Linux sysprep equivalent that will basically guarantee that it'll work.
This only applies to the boot drive of course.
I tried to do this before. Can you help me migrate my windows install to a more stable hdd? I have everything on a 80 gig 5400 rpm and want to move it to a 200 gig 7200 rpm. I tried ghosting and windows backup, but neither worked at all. | | | | Edited: November 21, 2008 @ 16:59 |  |
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jonnythan
Cucumber cowboy
Billygoat+
143109 points
100/M/The north,
Join Date: Aug 2005 | More stable? What makes you think your HDD is the root of a stability issue?
In any case, I'd recommend that you simply install the new drive into the computer and install a fresh copy of Windows onto it. Then add your old HD as a second hard drive and copy any important things off it. | | | |
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ybom
Über-Meister
2916 points
30/NA/,
Join Date: Oct 2008 | jonnythan said:
More stable? What makes you think your HDD is the root of a stability issue?
In any case, I'd recommend that you simply install the new drive into the computer and install a fresh copy of Windows onto it. Then add your old HD as a second hard drive and copy any important things off it.
Bad sectors  I've always had program issues, and I don't want to hunt for possibly lost install cds. | | | |
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jonnythan
Cucumber cowboy
Billygoat+
143109 points
100/M/The north,
Join Date: Aug 2005 | Well if you have too many bad sectors, and the corrupted data is causing stability problems, you will not be able to copy the data off with any integrity.
If that data is corrupted, it's corrupted. | | | |
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ybom
Über-Meister
2916 points
30/NA/,
Join Date: Oct 2008 | jonnythan said:
Well if you have too many bad sectors, and the corrupted data is causing stability problems, you will not be able to copy the data off with any integrity.
If that data is corrupted, it's corrupted.
Well is there a good free defrag tool that I can use then? My 2nd partition on the older drive always restarts windows at a certain point when I try to defrag it - I've basically stopped using it at all for any reason. | | | | Edited: November 21, 2008 @ 17:22 | |
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jonnythan
Cucumber cowboy
Billygoat+
143109 points
100/M/The north,
Join Date: Aug 2005 | A bad sector is a sector that is physically damaged and unrecoverable. No defrag utility can possibly recover the data.
The data that was there is simply gone. | | | |
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Xilmwa
Minister+
10556 points
15/M/Mabank, Texas
Join Date: Sep 2008 | ybom said:
Edit, trying to stay on topic as much as poss.
I don't like the idea that I have to hunt for specific peripherals to be compatible with *nix. For instance, I'd probably either have to pay a lot more or severely limit my choices if it came to finding a good digital camera or camcorder that had software for *nix. Prove me wrong, please.
I tried to do this before. Can you help me migrate my windows install to a more stable hdd? I have everything on a 80 gig 5400 rpm and want to move it to a 200 gig 7200 rpm. I tried ghosting and windows backup, but neither worked at all.
Don't rely on what the box says. Contrary to popular belief, just because it doesn't say it is compatible doesn't mean it isn't.
Although, it was pretty hilarious when I saw that box that said "Compatible with Linux version 8 and higher" | | | |
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jonnythan
Cucumber cowboy
Billygoat+
143109 points
100/M/The north,
Join Date: Aug 2005 | ybom said:
Edit, trying to stay on topic as much as poss.
I don't like the idea that I have to hunt for specific peripherals to be compatible with *nix. For instance, I'd probably either have to pay a lot more or severely limit my choices if it came to finding a good digital camera or camcorder that had software for *nix. Prove me wrong, please.
You'd be hard pressed to find a digital camera or camcorder that didn't work with Linux, actually. | | | |
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