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Posted by ken10254 on December 6, 2007, 10:23 pm
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On Dec 6, 8:52 pm, zwsdot...@gmail.com wrote:
> I have a Dell B130. Yeah, not a very exciting PC, but it works and it
> was free.
>
> However the HDD has developed some evil and no longer passes SMART
> diagnostics - it does boot but gets very unreliable. The restore disks
> that come with the unit do not provide a means to reinstall the diags/
> recovery partitions.
>
> Before I get seriously into rooting around with dd and a sector
> editor, is there a documented process for transferring ALL the data
> over to the new drive?
>
> Thanks.
I use Acronis True Image clone disk feature from the boot cd you make
with the installed program and a usb hard drive enclosure for the new
drive. It will get everything and even partition the new disk
proportionately like the old one. Works great for me.
Hope this helps. Do it soon though :)
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