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DriveCopy 4.0 - Good stuff - Use it to copy WinXP & W2K drives - Not SPAM
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| Navin R. Johnson 2003-06-16, 12:23 pm |
| Hi all,
I just found this great little program - DriveCopy 4.0 - for copying
entire hard drives. It works with W2k, W2k Pro, WinXP Home & WinXP Pro
and with all file systems - FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS. Last week I had a
customer ask if she could upgrade her 10Gig hard drive to an 80Gig
without reloading everything - she was running WinXP Pro. Normally I
would've said no way, but since I had just finished testing DriveCopy on
my own systems' drives I told her I'd give it a shot. I copied her drive
on to the new 80GB, removed her old 10GB and set the 80GB as primary.
The system booted right up and ran fine - and no re-authorization crap
to deal with. If you're interested you can check it out at:
http://www.powerquest.com/drivecopy/.
It was $50 but well worth it - at least for me - I change my hard drives
about as often as most people change their underwear.
NRJ
What's the difference between an orange?
A nut, because a vest has no sleeves.
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| ImhoTech 2003-06-16, 1:23 pm |
| I believe I use the same thing and have had success. I actually have Drive
Image, but it includes a drive copy feature that I'm assuming is simply
Drive Copy integrated.
Concerning the reactivation you shouldn't experience that if the only change
were a hard drive upgrade, should take multiple hardware changes. But I will
say that once you reach whatever the threshold is, a very minor setting
change can precipitate the reactivation. In my case I had done the following
1.Added a sound card
When this machine was upgraded to Winxp it couldn't handle the old ISA
sound card, sound not being imperative at work I didn't add the pci sound
card till much later.
2. Upgraded memory twice.
3. Replaced cd burner with newer model.
4. Added ide hard drive in removable tray
5. Upgraded primary drive, removed failing cdrom drive
6. Added second NIC
7. Added scsi card and two drives.
What finally precipated the need for reactivation was simply disabling a
NIC.
"Navin R. Johnson" <TheJerk@optigrab.net> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I just found this great little program - DriveCopy 4.0 - for copying
> entire hard drives. It works with W2k, W2k Pro, WinXP Home & WinXP Pro
> and with all file systems - FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS. Last week I had a
> customer ask if she could upgrade her 10Gig hard drive to an 80Gig
> without reloading everything - she was running WinXP Pro. Normally I
> would've said no way, but since I had just finished testing DriveCopy on
> my own systems' drives I told her I'd give it a shot. I copied her drive
> on to the new 80GB, removed her old 10GB and set the 80GB as primary.
> The system booted right up and ran fine - and no re-authorization crap
> to deal with. If you're interested you can check it out at:
>
> http://www.powerquest.com/drivecopy/.
>
> It was $50 but well worth it - at least for me - I change my hard drives
> about as often as most people change their underwear.
>
> NRJ
>
>
> What's the difference between an orange?
>
> A nut, because a vest has no sleeves.
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| I use Max Blast Plus to do the same thing and it was free.
"Navin R. Johnson" <TheJerk@optigrab.net> wrote in message
news:97qrevgi246i0gjovh9946ept
p843veigs@4ax.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I just found this great little program - DriveCopy 4.0 - for copying
> entire hard drives. It works with W2k, W2k Pro, WinXP Home & WinXP Pro
> and with all file systems - FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS. Last week I had a
> customer ask if she could upgrade her 10Gig hard drive to an 80Gig
> without reloading everything - she was running WinXP Pro. Normally I
> would've said no way, but since I had just finished testing DriveCopy on
> my own systems' drives I told her I'd give it a shot. I copied her drive
> on to the new 80GB, removed her old 10GB and set the 80GB as primary.
> The system booted right up and ran fine - and no re-authorization crap
> to deal with. If you're interested you can check it out at:
>
> http://www.powerquest.com/drivecopy/.
>
> It was $50 but well worth it - at least for me - I change my hard drives
> about as often as most people change their underwear.
>
> NRJ
>
>
> What's the difference between an orange?
>
> A nut, because a vest has no sleeves.
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| Navin R. Johnson 2003-06-16, 3:24 pm |
| On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:55:36 GMT, "Jerry" <noway@nowhere.com> wrote:
>I use Max Blast Plus to do the same thing and it was free.
I've tried MaxBlast Plus with WinXP and W2k drives and have had nothing
but trouble. The typical symptom is after the copy is completed the new
drive will start to boot (gets to the colored Windows screen) but then
just goes to a blank screen instead of displaying the desktop. What
version of MaxBlast Plus are you using? Maybe mine's an old one? Thanx
for the info.
NRJ
What's the difference between an orange?
A nut, because a vest has no sleeves.
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| Tom MacIntyre 2003-06-17, 6:24 am |
| On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:31:43 -0400, Navin R. Johnson
<TheJerk@optigrab.net> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I just found this great little program - DriveCopy 4.0 - for copying
>entire hard drives. It works with W2k, W2k Pro, WinXP Home & WinXP Pro
>and with all file systems - FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS. Last week I had a
>customer ask if she could upgrade her 10Gig hard drive to an 80Gig
>without reloading everything - she was running WinXP Pro. Normally I
>would've said no way, but since I had just finished testing DriveCopy on
>my own systems' drives I told her I'd give it a shot. I copied her drive
>on to the new 80GB, removed her old 10GB and set the 80GB as primary.
>The system booted right up and ran fine - and no re-authorization crap
>to deal with. If you're interested you can check it out at:
>
> http://www.powerquest.com/drivecopy/.
>
>It was $50 but well worth it - at least for me - I change my hard drives
>about as often as most people change their underwear.
>
>NRJ
>
>
>What's the difference between an orange?
>
>A nut, because a vest has no sleeves.
My answer was hair on a snake's armpit...I stand corrected. :-)
Tom
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| Pikoro 2003-06-18, 2:23 pm |
| Max Blast Plus is manufacturer-specific (Maxtor), that is probably why won't
work on all drives.
I don't think that there's anything that Drive Image or Drive Copy can do
that Norton Ghost can't match or even improve on.
Ermm...don't ask me how much I paid for it, the Kerberos might fall on me.
"Navin R. Johnson" <TheJerk@optigrab.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:55:36 GMT, "Jerry" <noway@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> >I use Max Blast Plus to do the same thing and it was free.
>
> I've tried MaxBlast Plus with WinXP and W2k drives and have had nothing
> but trouble. The typical symptom is after the copy is completed the new
> drive will start to boot (gets to the colored Windows screen) but then
> just goes to a blank screen instead of displaying the desktop. What
> version of MaxBlast Plus are you using? Maybe mine's an old one? Thanx
> for the info.
>
> NRJ
>
>
>
> What's the difference between an orange?
>
> A nut, because a vest has no sleeves.
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| Navin R. Johnson 2003-06-18, 2:23 pm |
| On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:41:42 -0400, "Pikoro" <pikoro@comcast.net> wrote:
>Max Blast Plus is manufacturer-specific (Maxtor), that is probably why won't
>work on all drives.
As long as one of the drives is a Maxtor it'll work.
>I don't think that there's anything that Drive Image or Drive Copy can do
>that Norton Ghost can't match or even improve on.
As for Ghost, it first has to be installed and is not the easiest
program to work with, IMHO. With DriveCopy I can make a couple of
floppies that you simply boot to then click backup. It has options for
ensuring data integrity and other stuff but the bottom line is it's
quick and easy. Another thing, say a customer brings me a system that
won't boot at all. I can use the DriveCopy floppies to copy his data
over to one of my spares. Then I can work on his/her problem, using my
spare drive, without fear of losing data.
>Ermm...don't ask me how much I paid for it, the Kerberos might fall on me.
NRJ
What's the difference between an orange?
A nut, because a vest has no sleeves.
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| I use it with all different drives and it works without a maxtor drive in
the computer. All I do is answer yes when it asks if your new Maxtor drive
is installed. It worked just fine with two western digital drives and no
Maxtor. and my copy of Win Xp was moved from one to the other.
"Navin R. Johnson" <TheJerk@optigrab.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 14:41:42 -0400, "Pikoro" <pikoro@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> >Max Blast Plus is manufacturer-specific (Maxtor), that is probably why
won't
> >work on all drives.
>
> As long as one of the drives is a Maxtor it'll work.
>
> >I don't think that there's anything that Drive Image or Drive Copy can do
> >that Norton Ghost can't match or even improve on.
>
> As for Ghost, it first has to be installed and is not the easiest
> program to work with, IMHO. With DriveCopy I can make a couple of
> floppies that you simply boot to then click backup. It has options for
> ensuring data integrity and other stuff but the bottom line is it's
> quick and easy. Another thing, say a customer brings me a system that
> won't boot at all. I can use the DriveCopy floppies to copy his data
> over to one of my spares. Then I can work on his/her problem, using my
> spare drive, without fear of losing data.
>
> >Ermm...don't ask me how much I paid for it, the Kerberos might fall on
me.
>
> NRJ
>
>
> What's the difference between an orange?
>
> A nut, because a vest has no sleeves.
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| Navin R. Johnson 2003-06-19, 1:23 am |
| On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 21:56:40 GMT, "Jerry" <noway@nowhere.com> wrote:
>I use it with all different drives and it works without a maxtor drive in
>the computer. All I do is answer yes when it asks if your new Maxtor drive
>is installed. It worked just fine with two western digital drives and no
>Maxtor. and my copy of Win Xp was moved from one to the other.
>
I'll give it another try. Was your WinXP drive NTFS or FAT32? I had
trouble copying a W2K NTFS drive using Maxblast about a year ago. Maybe
they've updated it since? Thanx for the info.
NRJ
"Very funny Scotty..... Now beam down my clothes!"
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