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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
Awhile ago, you had given me links for step by step instructions for Mrimg backups, cloning and restore but now they no longer work. https://postimg.org/image/f664kgrzh/ https://postimg.org/image/soq5qlgrx/ https://postimg.org/image/458x0anpn/ https://postimg.org/image/f664kgrzh/ Is it possible to get another set? This time I'll copy/ past each frame in a folder in case I loose the URL again. Thanks, Robert |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
Mark Twain wrote:
Awhile ago, you had given me links for step by step instructions for Mrimg backups, cloning and restore but now they no longer work. https://postimg.org/image/f664kgrzh/ https://postimg.org/image/soq5qlgrx/ https://postimg.org/image/458x0anpn/ https://postimg.org/image/f664kgrzh/ Is it possible to get another set? This time I'll copy/ past each frame in a folder in case I loose the URL again. Thanks, Robert Due to a recent legal change in the USA, the site lost its domain name. And the domain name is slightly different now. (It's possible your fourth link, is a duplicate of the first.) https://postimg.cc/image/f664kgrzh/ https://postimg.cc/image/soq5qlgrx/ https://postimg.cc/image/458x0anpn/ If you right-click and view image or the like, the item should download as a single GIF file. Playing with the mouse, should magnify so that a portion of the GIF is visible at any time. Once the image is downloaded and on your disk, you can try drag and drop to the browser, to view the file locally. That's easier than using another tool to view/scroll. Paul |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
Many thanks,....
BTW, I checked the Seagate HD again and they dropped in price to $55.85! https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16822148834 Robert |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
In message , Mark
Twain writes: Many thanks,.... BTW, I checked the Seagate HD again and they dropped in price to $55.85! https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16822148834 Robert For those who'd forgotten: this is a 2T 3.5" drive. I clicked to see. Also, when I got there, I got a popup saying something like "you seem to be in UK - do you want to try a newegg site in UK"? I did, out of curiosity, and it's asking 93.99 _pounds_ - _ex_cluding tax! I don't know who they think they're kidding, but ... (I've seen a 3T 3.5" WD red for 51+2.90 pounds, or a Seagate 2T 3.5" for 46+5.) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf User Error: Replace user, hit any key to continue. |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
Mark Twain wrote on 4/23/2018 11:51 PM:
Many thanks,.... BTW, I checked the Seagate HD again and they dropped in price to $55.85! https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...82E16822148834 You might follow the above link for curiosity but look at reviews before purchasing. Thirty (30) percent gave one star out of five. -- Jeff Barnett |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
Just as you describe John:
http://i65.tinypic.com/2u97qzb.jpg but was able to purchase the 54.99 one which came to $58.99 and the reviews look good to me. Robert |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
The HD arrived and says ST2000DM001
on the label. I just want to make sure I understand how to do this. I clone the HD for the 8500 via Macrium, then I remove the present HD from the 8500 and put the spare HD in and let it boot to the desktop then shutdown, Then replace 8500 HD, correct? Is there anything else I should do? Robert |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
Mark Twain wrote:
The HD arrived and says ST2000DM001 on the label. I just want to make sure I understand how to do this. I clone the HD for the 8500 via Macrium, then I remove the present HD from the 8500 and put the spare HD in and let it boot to the desktop then shutdown, Then replace 8500 HD, correct? Is there anything else I should do? Robert If the new drive is going to be used to boot the 8500, then the OS you clone should also be an OS used with the 8500. The backup drive you currently have setup for backing up the 8500, should have a small C: drive and a larger backup partition on it. That C: drive would likely be an ideal size for the cloning operation. The current C: drive in the 8500, you may have made it larger in capacity for that partition, or filled it with a lot more files. Cloning the current C: inside the 8500, might not be as efficient. But it's your choice which one you want to clone. In Disk Management, you need a partition with System and Boot and Active, to form a "complete set". For example, if your cloned C: from before, had all of those properties, it would be a complete solution for cloning over. Booting setups consist of one or two partitions, and it's possible your C: currently is self-contained and ready for the purpose. Just a guess on my part. That's why I figure, your current backup drive for the 8500, is likely to already be "preppad" for the task, and would be a good thing to clone. Paul |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
Understood, by using the WD HD OS, there's
much more free space vs the present 8500 HD and then I could just use a Mrimg file to bring it up to date if need be. Also as you say it's already prepped, so in that case I would or wouldn't have to install the new HD to boot? Thanks, Robert |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
Mark Twain wrote:
Understood, by using the WD HD OS, there's much more free space vs the present 8500 HD and then I could just use a Mrimg file to bring it up to date if need be. Also as you say it's already prepped, so in that case I would or wouldn't have to install the new HD to boot? Thanks, Robert You should clone the new drive inside the 8500, and verify it boots (by itself) after the clone is finished. 1) Clone an OS onto the new drive. It doesn't matter how this step is done. Macrium can do this. 2) Shut down the computer. Make the new drive, the only hard drive in the computer. Boot the PC with it, and verify the cloned OS works properly. 3) Shut down again. Put the "normal" drive back in the PC. Remove the new drive and place it inside the USB enclosure. Boot the normal drive. When you connect the enclosured drive, use Disk Management to add the larger "backup partition". Give the partition a name, say "8500bkp2" or similar. You want to make sure the drive is ready for an emergency, when you again put the drive back inside the PC to be used as its boot device. The 8500 backup drive can boot the 8500. The 780 backup drive can boot the 780. Since each has different driver files, that's the simplest way to run them and keep everybody happy. Paul |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
I do have a backup drive for the 780 but I want to
buy 2 more HD's since you said they are becoming hard to find and I want to be prepared just in case while I can still get them. I want to make another backup HD for the 780 and then have a second for either the 8500 or 780 which is why I asked the question could I put both. Robert |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
Mark Twain wrote:
I do have a backup drive for the 780 but I want to buy 2 more HD's since you said they are becoming hard to find and I want to be prepared just in case while I can still get them. I want to make another backup HD for the 780 and then have a second for either the 8500 or 780 which is why I asked the question could I put both. Robert Backup drives aren't getting hard to find. "Enclosures I like" are harder to find. The next enclosure I use, will be parts from an enclosure I don't like, plus a housing I make myself for the thing (metalwork and fan). Quality hard drives I can trust, are getting hard to find. Seagate switching to SMR doesn't please me very much. Finding the more expensive WDC drives spinning down in mid-session, doesn't make me very happy either. I'm just a hard-to-please customer :-) I won't accept any old piece of dreck. I have a drive here that's been spinning for 40000 hours, and there's not a scratch on it. *That's* the kind of drives I like. You don't get those every day. If you like your new DM001, you could buy a couple more bare mechanisms today, and worry about enclosures later. Then you'll have stock in hand (the storage part, being the most important part of your project). ******* For *any* drive, it pays to transfer some files to them ("test" files) and make sure there are no issues with the drive itself. So while I can suggest buying a couple DM001, you don't leave them "cold in the closet". Try them out, fill the drive with files, and see if it's healthy afterwards. As you will get pretty shabby warranty treatment if you wait too long to return them. You don't even need to clone an OS onto them, to do the file test part. Just create one big partition in Disk Management, and... start testing. To make a test file (source), this would make a 10GB file in your current working directory. cd /d %userprofile%\Downloads fsutil file createnew test01.bin 10000000000 Then, from File Explorer, copy the 10GB file from your Downloads folder to your new E: drive or whatever. You can adjust the fsutil size, as space dictates. The Microsoft fsutil utility is a bit tricky, in that it makes an empty file in no time at all. This is the reason we need to "copy" the file, and the copy operation converts the "sparse" test file, into a "real" file on the E: drive. The "real" copy step, takes "real" time to carry out, and that's what we're using as a test mechanism. To copy the 10GB file, might take a minute on your Seagate. There are other utilities that can be used to write a test file on the new drive directly. But that's more complicated. Whereas the "fsutil" command is a built-in command in the OS. Paul |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
I'm right along with you,...
I like Seagates,. and all my drives work great. and are dead quiet. The one that failed just happened to fall unfortunately. I did think about just stockpiling the drives themselves but since I lost my backup for the 8500 I want to replace it but afterwards I think that's a good idea and still have my WD HD configured for the 8500 used as my Mrimg backup drive. I have to re-read and think about the test you talk about but no hurry. Thanks, Robert |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
I installed the new HD, man
those screws are had to put in. The inside was dusty as hell so I cleaned it a little but with a brush but I want to take a vacuum to it. Is that ok? The 8500 seems to recognize the HD https://s31.postimg.cc/z26yds4gr/27_...re_cloning.jpg but when I started to try and clone it this is what I got. https://s31.postimg.cc/9xkjdnjyz/27a...re_cloning.jpg Did I install the drive wrong? There was only the one connector. Thoughts, suggestions? Robert |
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O.T. Mrimg backups, clones, restore images step by step (Paul)
Oh wait,... it doesn't recognize the HD!
So what did I do wrong? Should I have attached a feed from the smaller blue cable? I didn't see any? Thoughts/Suggestions? Robert |
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