Good disk cloning method?

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Would this be a good method to clone a hard drive?

Plug the hard drive that is to be cloned into my laptop with a USB to IDE adapter. Then, clone the disk onto a 1 TB WD HDD by using a 2nd USB to IDE adapter.

Also, has anyone ever used Todo Backup? I haven't tried it yet. What I can say for sure is that is has the best and most user friendly interface I've seen in a disc cloning solution. It's also only 30-ish MB in size vs. over 100 MB for many others.
 
It'll do the job but as said above will be uber slow. Will you be doing the backup onsite or taking the machine away?
 
Damn, I thought it would be fast. With my USB 2 ext. hard drive (5400 RPM) I get an average of like 30 MB/s, which I is pretty quick to me.


What other options are there?
 
I can't really do anything else considering I only have a laptop?

I could get a SATA drive and use a SATA to IDE adapter, but how well would that work compared to USB 2? EIDE is slower than USB, but SATA is faster. So it wold only be fast with a SATA connection.
 
I would consider getting a 7200RPM laptop hard drive and putting it in a small external enclosure.

I use one in an Eagletech enclosure. Works great!
 
I would be backup up the drive to a 1 TB 7200 RPM Western Digital drive w/ 32 MB cache.

Over USB I'd prolly get upwards of 30 MB/s which is pretty slick.
 
I think with all the posts, it has gotten confusing with what you intend to do.

If I got it right, you want to hook up a origin hard drive via USB to your laptop, using your laptop as a facilitator to clone onto a 2nd target hard drive (the WD).

So both hard drives will be hooked up via USB to your laptop.

So are you seeking a better software solution to clone the drive?

Since you already stated all you have is the laptop.
 
zanycat said:
I think with all the posts, it has gotten confusing with what you intend to do.

If I got it right, you want to hook up a origin hard drive via USB to your laptop, using your laptop as a facilitator to clone onto a 2nd target hard drive (the WD).

So both hard drives will be hooked up via USB to your laptop.

So are you seeking a better software solution to clone the drive?

Since you already stated all you have is the laptop.
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YES.


I was just wondering how well that would work AND if there is any other FASTER method to clone a hard drive?
 
Well I believe your current thoughts was answered

MobileTechie said:
Obviously it will work. It will be slow though.
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It will be pretty slow, hopefully you are going to do this work in a shop and not on site.

If you are experimenting, I would try it your way, then try it with DriveXML and Clonezilla. Software isn't going to create a huge difference. If you are looking at true cloning, then it will be looking at all the freespace, not just the space with data on it.
 
zanycat said:
Well I believe your current thoughts was answered



It will be pretty slow, hopefully you are going to do this work in a shop and not on site.

If you are experimenting, I would try it your way, then try it with DriveXML and Clonezilla. Software isn't going to create a huge difference. If you are looking at true cloning, then it will be looking at all the freespace, not just the space with data on it.
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I want it to ONLY clone the data and for it to be bootable. Copying free space makes no sense to me and will only making the cloning process take A LOT longer to complete.
 
You asked a question and I answered according to the information you provided. I cannot read your mind.

You say you've not cloned a drive before. So it's not unreasonable to think you might not know all the ins and outs of it. From what you've written you don't appear to know all about it. That is not a crime but if this is the case then you really need some serious research and practice before doing it for a client as it's one activity that can cause client data loss.

This is the 2nd time you've got all defensive about things in a post. Personall.y , I can't be bothered to help if you're going to be like that.
 
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