I've been using Drive-SnapShot:
http://drivesnapshot.de/en/index.htm
It also does differential images, works while windows is running and is
tiny, requires no installation and will work from dos. Have used it to
restore once. I have had problems with the new Ghost so I'm not
recommending it for doing backups (the old ghost where you boot from a
floppy works fine however).
Acronis True Image looked pretty good last time I tried it out (although
was a bit bloated).
Alister Christie
Computers for People
Ph: 04 471 1849 Fax: 04 471 1266
http://www.salespartner.co.nz
PO Box 13085
Johnsonville
Wellington
Jeremy Coulter wrote:
I have become a bit paranoid lately and I have purchased a new 360BG
HD (external) and Acronis True Image as IMHO it totally busts Ghost
(get it...?) to bits.
I like how its SO easy to use, and it lets me do differentual or
incremental updates, so I have one big image, then losta of smaller
ones.....AND it restores perfectly well, and I like how I DONT have to
load fro am dos bood disk every time I want to run it...PLUS its
cheaper than Ghost.
I make it do an incremental backup every 2nd night,......BUT in
between that I also do a back up to DAT tape....
SO if I couodl recomend it, get True Image, its free for 14days or
soemthing, doa back up to "somewhere" then if you HDs fail, at least
it will be quick and hopfully painless to get up and runnign again.
Jeremy
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Middlemiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Offtopic List
<[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:39:37 +1300
Subject: Re: [DUG-Offtopic] Hard drive failure
Yip, already had the fan blowing on them. Thanks for the other
information.
I'm very suspicious that both drives started overheating at the
same day, so I'm beginning to wonder if it's just a case of making
them work too hard, or some other component that is struggling.
I'll give Spinrite a go - it may turn out the drives themselves
are fine.
Cheers,
Phil.
Paul Eggleton wrote:
Phil Middlemiss wrote on Monday, 19 February 2007 1:07
p.m.:
I have two Serial ATA hard drives (not in an array - just
set up as
two drives) that are overheating - which according to HDD
Health
means that they are possibly going to fail in the near future.
Firstly I would suggest opening your case and pointing a decent fan at
the drives so they don't overheat while you are attempting to copy from
them. You'll probably need to sort this out permanently since I imagine
you're likely to have a problem with any new drives you put in the
machine. Try to tie back cables to improve airflow, put in extra fans,
cut out or replace grilles etc.
1) Is there a sure fire way to confirm they are on their
way out?
Spinrite:
http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
It may even fix some errors and make the data easier to read when you
get to the stage of copying it off.
2) If I purchase two replacement drives, what is the most
pain-free
way of getting my current setup on to the new drives without
having to
reinstall everything?
You could use Norton Ghost, although it does not like copying from hard
drives with read errors so it may not work for you. An alternative would
be using "dd_rescue" (sometimes renamed to dd-rescue) from a Linux boot
CD.
Cheers,
Paul
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