<!--quoteo(post=164835:date=Sat 5th Jun 2010, 12:00 AM:name=dmmsta)-->QUOTE(dmmsta @ Sat 5th Jun 2010, 12:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Looking at the time to clone a disk, and the fact i've already got data backup, think I'm just going to rebuild the machine.
Believe the motherboard has raid potential, so get 2 new disks, raid them, and rebuild onto that...saves problems in the future...<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No experience with ghosting software, but I have a mirrored raid setup on my work pc - one disk failed a few months ago (only 4yo computer, requested and paid for it to be a high spec machine for reliability when I purchased it [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif[/img]), the system very elegantly switched to the good disk and told me I had failure.
Pull the faulty one out and swap in a good one, easy... except I couldn't buy a new drive the same as the original pair, and they need to be identical apparently, so had to buy 2 new drives and copy data to them. Local computer shop did it for me as I had to go interstate just as it happened, but I believe they used a Norton Ghosting product to do that. So while mirroring kept the pc running until we could get it repaired, it wasn't as plug and play as I had expected it to be.
Believe the motherboard has raid potential, so get 2 new disks, raid them, and rebuild onto that...saves problems in the future...<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
No experience with ghosting software, but I have a mirrored raid setup on my work pc - one disk failed a few months ago (only 4yo computer, requested and paid for it to be a high spec machine for reliability when I purchased it [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dry.gif[/img]), the system very elegantly switched to the good disk and told me I had failure.
Pull the faulty one out and swap in a good one, easy... except I couldn't buy a new drive the same as the original pair, and they need to be identical apparently, so had to buy 2 new drives and copy data to them. Local computer shop did it for me as I had to go interstate just as it happened, but I believe they used a Norton Ghosting product to do that. So while mirroring kept the pc running until we could get it repaired, it wasn't as plug and play as I had expected it to be.