Re: Recommendation / advice needed

I use 2004.

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Andy <kanadaiy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
>
>> Just make sure the target partition is exactly the same size as the
>> source partition; otherwise, Ghost will bomb.
>
> Bullshit with 2003.
>
>
>> Rod Speed <rod_speed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote
>>> Cuzman <cuzNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>
>>>> My brother has an old system with a 13GB Seagate drive which is
>>>> showing some occassional bad sector warnings. It came with an OEM
>>>> copy of Windows 98 on a partition, and he doesn't have a full
>>>> Windows CD to install from (just a "restore" CD).
>>>
>>>> I have a spare 13GB drive, but for all the hardware knowledge I
>>>> have I've never cloned a drive before.
>>>
>>> Its not necessarily a very good idea to clone a drive that has
>>> bad sectors, you are basically copying the bad sectors if the
>>> cloner doesnt just give up on the first bad sector.
>>>
>>>> Can anyone recommend a small program that I can run from boot floppy
>>>> which will clone everything including the partition structure
>>>> across to this spare drive?
>>>
>>> Those bad sectors will be a problem if they are still present.
>>>
>>> If not, the cheapest approach is ghost thats included in
>>> systemworks pro 2003 thats available off ebay for peanuts.
>>> Must be systemworks pro, ghost isnt included in systemworks.
>>>
>>>> It would be good if it can format the spare drive to FAT32 as well,
>>>> but I can do that separately if necessary.
>>>
>>> The clone operation copys the formatting at the time it clones.
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