Cloning IDE---->SCSI drive question

[Beast]

as the title says, i need the most secure way to clone an IDE drive to a new SCSI drive

before i go and tell them i can do it, i need to make sure the data on the source drive can be preserved without messing anything up, just popping that IDE drive back into its orginal computer and have it will work just as it did before

the data is crucial to be saved since it is a pharmacy computer, and all patient files and programs need to be just as it was before the drive was cloned

cliffs:

SCSI drive failed in one of their computers, ordered new one

everything that was on the failed SCSI drive is on an IDE drive in another computer in the pharmacy

want to take IDE hard drive from other computer and put it in the tower where the old SCSI failed, and clone to the new SCSI drive without removing/tangling data up on IDE drive so that it can be replaced back into machine it was in and work as it did before cloning

OS: Windows 2000 Pro SP4

any specific program i should use? i have heard acronis is a good program to use, but unsure of what version to use(migrate easy or true image, etc).

if someone is able to answer me these questions, if you could, provide a set of instructions so i can do this job without ruining one of their computers?

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

 

[HermDogg]

Symantec Ghost (I usually do it in BartPE) is what we use at work. Never had a problem with the source drive messing up, it should just be reading the data in order to make a clone. You could also use ImageX, which is included in the Windows Automatic Installation Kit (WAIK) for Vista. ImageX is actually an imaging program (as the name implies), but it should work for cloning.

 

[Googer]

I have used both Ontrack and the UBCD with good sucess.

 

[engineereeyore]

Yes, Acronis is very good for this sort of thing. You shouldn't need anything more than the current Home version for what you're trying to do. I believe Acronis has supported SCSI drives for some time now, even in their Home editions, but you might want to just double-check.

 

[XxPrOdiGyxX]

Originally posted by: Beast
as the title says, i need the most secure way to clone an IDE drive to a new SCSI drive

before i go and tell them i can do it, i need to make sure the data on the source drive can be preserved without messing anything up, just popping that IDE drive back into its orginal computer and have it will work just as it did before

the data is crucial to be saved since it is a pharmacy computer, and all patient files and programs need to be just as it was before the drive was cloned

cliffs:

SCSI drive failed in one of their computers, ordered new one

everything that was on the failed SCSI drive is on an IDE drive in another computer in the pharmacy

want to take IDE hard drive from other computer and put it in the tower where the old SCSI failed, and clone to the new SCSI drive without removing/tangling data up on IDE drive so that it can be replaced back into machine it was in and work as it did before cloning

OS: Windows 2000 Pro SP4

any specific program i should use? i have heard acronis is a good program to use, but unsure of what version to use(migrate easy or true image, etc).

if someone is able to answer me these questions, if you could, provide a set of instructions so i can do this job without ruining one of their computers?

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

I have only used True Image of the two version...it's pretty straight forward. I, also, believe that it supports SCSI so just make sure you select the proper source and destination drives. As long as the drives are good and data is fine it should be a straightforward process.

 

[alembic5]

You might also try this... http://ping.windowsdream.com/

So is the OS also installed on this IDE drive, or is this just a data drive with a boot partition on a different drive that is still functioning? If this is just data and no OS, it should be a no brainer. Ghost, PING, choose your utility... it will work fine. If you do have the OS on the IDE drive, and it is expected to boot right up when cloned to the SCSI drive, then you're going to have problems. The OS will be looking for your IDE controller instead of the SCSI controller, and you'll get a blue screen. There are potential ways around that, but it is likely more complex than you would want to attempt. I sure wouldn't want to do it. good luck!