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Drive cloning software
« on: November 26, 2010, 06:41:30 PM »
I am getting ready to swap everything over from my current OS drives to a new SSD. I wanted to check with you guys to see which program you would recommend for doing this with the windows 7 OS. I have never done it before and wanted to get some feedback on a good utility to use.
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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2010, 06:57:31 PM »
Acronis is awesome, still haven found anything if you are using RAID.  I would take this opportunity to do a fresh install.

Grab the trial version:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/index.html
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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2010, 07:06:22 PM »
I am currently running a raid 0

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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2010, 07:18:22 PM »
The restore disk boots a mini OS just for loading the image, the problem is that the mini OS rarely has the drivers for RAID controllers.

I dunno if it has the option to clone your root/OS drive while booted from it.
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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2010, 01:24:48 PM »
When I need to clone a disk I usually run an Ubuntu Live CD and download a linux program to do the cloning.  That should solve the RAID problem as well.
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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2010, 06:20:51 AM »
Quote from: Rathe on November 28, 2010, 01:24:48 PM
...and download a linux program to do the cloning.
+5 informative
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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2010, 08:26:28 AM »
Quote from: The Shoctor on November 29, 2010, 06:20:51 AM
Quote from: Rathe on November 28, 2010, 01:24:48 PM
...and download a linux program to do the cloning.

+5 informative

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Clonezilla perhaps? I can't remember if GParted does any cloning of drives or if it just does partitioning. But as Zx2Slow already mentioned, Acronis TrueImage works well and does in fact support your RAID setup. http://kb.acronis.com/content/11681
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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2010, 01:40:06 PM »
Just ran into a project where Acronis didn't have the drivers to 'see' the raid*.  But it can't hurt to boot to the disk and see




*From Acronis Bootable Media most of the RAID controllers are supported.

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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2010, 01:43:32 PM »
was it a panty raid or a raid 0?
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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2010, 01:47:49 PM »
raid 5 on a Win server 08 with a version of Arconis Pro.  But I have had other good experiences with it.
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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2010, 05:49:45 PM »
The link sully posted indicated that a hardware RAID controller was supported, this is dealing with onboard SW RAID.  It depends on the RAID chip set, everything will work with true hardware RAID as the controller will mask anything on the disk back end and present a virtual "drive" to the host.

I haven't found anything that will support the ICH10R controller yet, every writeup I see on any Linux distro the neckbeards refer to software RAID as "fake raid'.
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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2010, 11:12:37 AM »
No one said anything about software vs. hardware RAID. Judging from what I know of BrokenShadow and his hardware lust, he is running a hardware RAID, amirite?
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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2010, 12:21:48 PM »
ran outa space... yes, in a Cosmos S, I ran out of space o.O
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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2010, 02:18:02 PM »
Quote from: BrokenShadow on November 30, 2010, 12:21:48 PM
ran outa space... yes, in a Cosmos S, I ran out of space o.O

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Re: Drive cloning software
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2010, 02:53:24 PM »
If you are using the onboard RAID controller then it is not true hardware RAID, anything you need drivers to use isn't true hardware RAID.
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