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Transferring an original OS to a new hardrive?

  • 26-07-2011 11:56am
    #1
    nursextreme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭


    Have a desktop running XP Pro with a file system error, chkdsk terminates at checking indexes and proceeds to boot as normal. No visible problems apart from this but drive failure is imminent I would imagine.

    Have attempted repair using XP Pro disk but this does not work, fails with C: corrupt message.

    Using Acronis True Image 2011:
    Cloning of drive not possible due to index problem
    Can backup C: Drive to external hardrive but cant recover this backup to a second internal hardrive which i have added to the system.

    Losing the software installed on the original drive is my main concern, any ideas would be appreciated.
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  • #2
    bhickey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭bhickey


    If it's still possible to clone the drive then I'd normally use Clonezilla for this. Boot from the Clonezilla CD and clone from one drive to another.


  • #3
    nursextreme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭nursextreme


    bhickey wrote: »
    If it's still possible to clone the drive then I'd normally use Clonezilla for this. Boot from the Clonezilla CD and clone from one drive to another.
    Thanks! I'll give it a go.


  • #4
    dilallio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,728 ✭✭✭dilallio


    When running Chkdsk, did you select the option to perform repairs?


  • #5
    nursextreme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 262 ✭✭nursextreme


    dilallio wrote: »
    When running Chkdsk, did you select the option to perform repairs?
    Yeah! Chkdsk fails at stage 2 verifying indexes,
    "Unspecified Error has occurred"
    Then repeats the process before loading Windows


  • #6
    dilallio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,728 ✭✭✭dilallio


    It doesn't look good.

    Most utilities like Acronis copy sector by sector, so when it hits a bad sector it will fail.
    Chkdsk /f will normally mark these bad sectors so they won't be accessed, but if the drive is experiencing more serious errors it won't work.

    You could try and boot in safe mode to a command prompt (hit F8 on boot) and try and manually run chkdsk there a couple of times.
    The correct syntax is
    chkdsk c: /f

    But before you do anything, try and backup as much of your user files as you can to an external drive.


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  • #7
    ronkmonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭ronkmonster


    Acronis doesn't do sector by sector as the default. You could try the raw mode but it needs an equal or bigger drive to copy to as it copies everything even the free space and non partitioned space


  • #8
    Firblog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭Firblog


    A few of the hard drive companies provide free cloning tools for you to use, check out the make of your hard drive ( the one that's failing ) and see if they offer one..


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