Best way to clone hard drive on Cf-29

I was thinking about using this free software for cloning my CF-29 40GB hard drive over to a larger ide one. You download and make it into a ISO live cd then run the cd with new hard drive attached.

http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/

What adaptor would be the best to use? Is this one ok?

http://www.coolgear.com/productdetails1.cfm?sku=CGFUBCP&cats=&catid=170,161,2345,140,177,141,142


Thanks for any advice. I have never cloned a hard drive before. Which products or software have you had luck with on your CF-29?

 

Do a search you will find your answer

 

I had just typed out a long answer to your questions.... Then clicked on the wrong button.... Ahhhhhh

Sort answer... Download Acronis.... It is free for 30 days and you get the FULL version during that time.

The link you provided for the interface is pretty cool... But I would send $20 on two 2.5" IDE enclosures to do the cloning.

I did a project for a CF-28 tonight and cloned mt stock 30GB drive over to my 60GB donor drive. It took under 10 minutes! Plus Acronis is dummy-proof!

I love it!

 

u dummy! lol j/k... that's why I ALWAYS ALWAYS do a control+C on all the text I just typed BEFORE I click on "post"... its a good habit to get yourself into... It's saved my @$$ a few times (especially with LONG web-mail based emails)

 

At work we use Norton Ghost with very good, trouble free results. Cloning from a server over a gigabit network, we can clone a drive in about 3 minutes. However, I'm not sure that the cost of Ghost is justified for cloning a drive just once.

Many new retail drives come with a cloning software on a CD. If the replacement drive is new, check any discs that came with it. I have used the Western Digital cloning tools before at home and they are pretty easy and reliable. The down side is that most of them only work if one of the drives is their brand so you can't "borrow" a buddy's disc either. (not that I have ever tried that )

 

norton's ghost it

 

"But I would send $20 on two 2.5" IDE enclosures to do the cloning"

I would need to buy two? Are they powered?

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145329

How about this one?

 

Yup... They are powered by the 5V on the USB. You will get the enclosure and a cable. One end of the cable will have a USB or mini USB connector. That part goes into the enclosure. The other end of the cable will have TWO USB plugs... Both should be plugged into the PC (Desktop preferably) doing the cloning... SO that means you'll need 4 good USB ports. Powered hubs are okay. One of the two USB transmits & receives data... The other gets the 5V needed to power the hard drive. Works like a charm. I've bought several since they are so cheap... Then when you have a spare large hard drive you can then use one or both of the enclosures for external hard drives... I have many, many of these... With duplicate data so that if one goes bad... I still have a copy... And if THAT one goes bad... I have a copy.... And if...

 

In addition, if you have a usb2.0 it will be fine on one usb alone. It is based on my experienced cloning the harddrive. As "toughbook" said I use acronis. It never failed me yet.

ohlip

 

In case you want yet another response:

I use:
either of two packages: Ghost or DiskWizard from the Seagate web site (a completely free version of Acronis)

3 drives: source (in the CF-29 now)

 

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I use:
either of two packages: Ghost or DiskWizard from the Seagate web site (a completely free version of Acronis)

3 drives: source (in the CF-29 now)
target (to be mounted in the CF-29)
backup (target of backup; source of restore)

do a partition to image copy of the existing system to the backup storage

mount the new drive in the system

restore the image to the new drive from the backup

Done this dozens of times, not on a CF-29, but on W2, W5, Y2, Y4, & Y7's

Using the partition to image option lets you compress the backup; sometimes
- on a system without a lot of user data - you even get it to fit on a dual layer DVD.