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easiest, simplest 'tard proof way of copying a hard drive
joeH:
+1 for Acronis as well.
Universal restore is on the business version I believe. I just use the home version which does not have this feature.
Dexter:
Acronis trueimage and disk director suite, two blinding programs.
On my own cab I have a 40 gig hard drive split into 2x20 gig partitions. When I had everything working the way I wanted it within the first partition, I cloned it to the second. I also took an image onto another hd in case of a mechanical fail. If anything goes wrong with the main partition itself I just copy the second partition back over the first and I'm back to the point I originally cloned from. Simple.
Kayden:
Since you have XP handy, try running NTBACKUP (from the run box) and point it to the partition with 98 on it. It should work... I think.
Or give the trial of True Image... a try.
orion:
You could give Macrium Reflect a try. It's probably not as good as Acronis (which I have never tried) but its free.
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
Bender:
anyone know how to clone a laptop drive Can you do it in a usb enclosure?