Hard Drive Cloning (Page 3): Thanks.

TMcL

rcarol wrote:

I'm only going by what the OP said about his system. He stated that his OS was Windows XP. And Windows XP does not support SATA drives. Here is a quote from HP. "Computers built for Windows XP use native-ATI technology to control hard drives, while Windows Vista uses native-Serial ATA (SATA) technology."

Thanks.

TMcL

TriX wrote:

Have you tried running the legacy SW in Windows compatibility mode on a modern machine?

I think that might be a last resort, since the system is working fine at the moment. I am merely trying to clone the HDD to safeguard against something happening in the future. Thanks.

rcarol

TMcL wrote:

Thanks.

Originally, I had suggested that you purchase the Corsair cloning kit but since that kit is geared toward cloning SATA drives, that solution is not viable for you. At this point, it seems to me that your best option is to purchase a USB to IDE adapter and obtain cloning software that will allow cloning of IDE drives.

therwol Loc: USA

TMcL wrote:

Dell D610. No idea when it was manufactured. Thanks.

2005, replaced by the D630 in 2007. Too bad, actually. SATA would give you the ability to use an SSD. I'm using a 1 Tb Samsung SSD in my D530. Some might wonder why I would bother with such an old machine, but I had it left over when I took it out of a newer machine to upgrade that one to a larger SSD (4Tb). It boots much faster with an SSD.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

therwol wrote:

2005, replaced by the D630 in 2007. Too bad, actually. SATA would give you the ability to use an SSD. I'm using a 1 Tb Samsung SSD in my D530. Some might wonder why I would bother with such an old machine, but I had it left over when I took it out of a newer machine to upgrade that one to a larger SSD (4Tb). It boots much faster with an SSD.

👍👍 I would put an SSD into anything that will support it. I’m getting ready to replace my 180GB Intel SSD that is the C: drive in my desktop after 6-7 years, not because of its age, but because it’s full, and I’m going to put it in my old Dell XP SP3 (SATA drive) laptop that I still keep for dedicated audio testing.

therwol Loc: USA

TriX wrote:

👍👍 I would put an SSD into anything that will support it. I’m getting ready to replace my 180GB Intel SSD that is the C: drive in my desktop after 6-7 years, not because of its age, but because it’s full, and I’m going to put it in my old Dell XP SP3 (SATA drive) laptop that I still keep for dedicated audio testing.

I don't know your specific hardware, but here is one caveat. If the SSD in question was initialized GPT and your Dell is MBR, you have to convert the drive to MBR first. It took me a couple of tries to figure this out when I took the SSD out of a new machine and put it in the old one. It "cloned" but would not boot.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

therwol wrote:

I don't know your specific hardware, but here is one caveat. If the SSD in question was initialized GPT and your Dell is MBR, you have to convert the drive to MBR first. It took me a couple of tries to figure this out when I took the SSD out of a new machine and put it in the old one. It "cloned" but would not boot.

Thanks for the reminder. I will convert it and re partition and format. I will then reinstall XP SP3 and the specific aps I use it for (and keep the HD as a backup/spare).

therwol Loc: USA

I'm curious to know which software you say will not run in anything other than Windows XP. Is it something that can be downloaded from somewhere? I'd be curious to know if I could get it to run in 32 bit Windows 7 or 10. I have both of these available to me.

TMcL

therwol wrote:

I'm curious to know which software you say will not run in anything other than Windows XP. Is it something that can be downloaded from somewhere? I'd be curious to know if I could get it to run in 32 bit Windows 7 or 10. I have both of these available to me.

It is proprietary software, which I co-wrote specifically for a company I own. It is not commercially available. I no longer have the object code or source code and it would not be worthwhile to recreate it since it is no longer mission critical to the business.

therwol Loc: USA

TMcL wrote:

It is proprietary software, which I co-wrote specifically for a company I own. It is not commercially available. I no longer have the object code or source code and it would not be worthwhile to recreate it since it is no longer mission critical to the business.

Okay. Makes sense. I think the main point from this discussion is that you have an IDE drive in your laptop. If I were you, I'd clone it to another IDE drive and then swap the drives to make sure the clone works. Then call it a day. Cross your fingers that the laptop doesn't eventually fail.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

therwol wrote:

Okay. Makes sense. I think the main point from this discussion is that you have an IDE drive in your laptop. If I were you, I'd clone it to another IDE drive and then swap the drives to make sure the clone works. Then call it a day. Cross your fingers that the laptop doesn't eventually fail.

👍 Exactly.