[Shop-talk] moving computer files

[Ronnie Day]

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On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 8:50 AM John T. Blair <jblair1948 at cox.net> wrote:

> At 08:56 AM 5/27/2020, john niolon wrote:
>
> >had a few power surges / losses the other night and my desktop motherboard
> >died in the process.  I'm looking at a refurbished dell unit with a solid
> state drive
> >as a replacement.  I haven't had to copy a full hard drive since you used
> a
> >parallel cable and some software who's name escapes me.   What's the best
> way
> >to do this from a HDD to a SSD nowadays ??
>
> John,
>
> This is a real problem.  I don't envy you.  Last I had to rebuild a
> computer, it took
> me about 4 days, to get the old software reloaded and everything
> configured.
>
> The way MS loads programs now, in multiple places (directory) plus the
> registry vs
> the old .ini files makes it impossible to move most programs from a
> functioning
> drive to a 2nd drive.  You will have to reinstall most applications.
>
> So the best way to make a clone of the original hard drive.
>
> There was/is a program called GHOST that would let you make a clone of a
> drive.
> The 1st generations required that the 2 drives (source and destination) be
> the
> same size.  Later generations lifted that restriction as long as the
> destination was
> equal to or greater than the source drive.
>
> This used to be the best way to make a backup of your system and or set up
> a
> new hard drive.
>
> I've been looking for a good/recient version of GHOST to use to make a
> backup
> of my working HD.  Everyonce in a while I'll spend an hour or so looking
> up GHOST
> and or cloning a HD.  So far I haven't found much that I thought would do
> the job,
> or it was more for a commercial environment and the cost is outragious.
>
> If anyone has any ideas for a GHOST program or where to get it, please let
> us
> know.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
>
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