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| 436435 | 2006-03-07 18:38:00 | What is the easiest (and cheapest) method of running mirror image HHD's(using 2 HDD's) in my home PC in case of a failure? :help: GrahamB | GrahamBar (9935) | ||
| 436436 | 2006-03-07 19:46:00 | www.maxtor.com has 'maxblast' which I'm *pretty sure* does hdd clonign and it is free... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 436437 | 2006-03-07 20:10:00 | RAID array. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 436438 | 2006-03-07 20:22:00 | The cheapest way would be to use Disk Management in Windows 2000/XP and make a software mirror. The best way would be to use a hardware solution like adding a PCI RAID card or most new mainboards these days have it built in. |
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| 436439 | 2006-03-07 20:42:00 | surely the cheapest is free........maxblast ? | drcspy (146) | ||
| 436440 | 2006-03-07 20:45:00 | MaxBlast 4 is a one-step, ATA/IDE hard drive installation utility. MaxBlast 4 makes hard drive installations and upgrades hassle-free for novices and professionals alike by automatically identifying, partitioning, and formatting any Maxtor ATA or SATA hard drive, making it data-ready in minutes. MaxBlast 4 replaces all previous versions of MaxBlast and MaxBlast Plus. Creates a bootable MaxBlast 4 installation diskette. * Compatible with Windows 98SE, Me, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. * Breaks the 528 MB, 2.1 GB, 4.2 GB, 8.4 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB and 137 GB capacity barriers. * Supports both FAT32 and NTFS drive partitions. * Easy to use, Graphical Interface (GUI) with mouse and printer support. * Supports up to four ATA devices in the same system*. * The copy feature lets you make an exact duplicate of your existing hard drive. www.maxtor.com it DOES say you need at least one maxtor drive to run this tho...... |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 436441 | 2006-03-07 20:51:00 | not as easy as pluging a drive into an array and letting it rebuild. also with a software solution you need to remember to back it up. with a raid array its automatic and if either drive fails the backup is fully upto date. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 436442 | 2006-03-07 21:48:00 | What is the easiest (and cheapest) method of running mirror image HHD's(using 2 HDD's) in my home PC in case of a failure? :help: GrahamB RAID1 is mirroring two hard drives. It's quite a popular feature on many new motherboards. It's the cheapest RAID redundant option . All RAID levels, except RAID0, will protect against a disk loss, but will not protect against fire, theft, or anything trashing your hard drive like a virus. "Ghosting" or "imaging" a drive is a "point in time" backup. It's a copy of your hard drive. Downsides is it can be a little more complex if you don't have a drive cage, and the images get stale. Upside It can be stored elsewhere for safe keeping. It's great if you're about to do something like patching you PC, and you want to make sure you have an easy way to recover. You can also have multiple copies so you can "roll back" to a known good state. Of course an easy way to back up is using a USB to IDE enclosure, and a laptop drive. Either Windows Explorer, or something like Retrospect will allow quick backup of critical files. |
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| 436443 | 2006-03-09 18:23:00 | Thanks for all the comments, have used Maxblast before, but it requires at least one Maxtor HDD. Looks like a raid card will be the way to go. GrahamB :thumbs: | GrahamBar (9935) | ||
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