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    ARCONIS says NO clone

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by tony487, Oct 18, 2008.

  1. tony487

    tony487 Notebook Consultant

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    I am trying to clone a hard drive so that I can replace the drive in my T400. I used the TrueImage trial and it will not let me clone without buying the software

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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    What do you want anyone here do about it? If it's a Seagate drive, you can get a free download of DiscWizard from Seagate's website. It's a limited version of True Image, but I'm guessing would work for your needs.
     
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    boscor Newbie

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    Western Digital has software for that as well, if its a WD drive.
     
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    tony487 Notebook Consultant

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    I don't expect anyone here to do a **** thing about it. BUT... most guides and specific posts about cloning and swapping a drive say to download Arconis True Image trial and to select "Clone Disc" option. That's what I did. I also tried the trial Easy Migrate's "Clone Disc"> Again, the limited versions do not allow this. Maybe they did in the past. Maybe there are other steps or choices that will allow me to do the same thing. But, I am not an expert in such matters. In following the guides and advice of those in the know, I try to stick with the suggestions.

    SO rather than expect anyone to do anything, I guess I was simply relating my experience. If this limit of the trial ware is something new (it also said it was only good for 15 days, which made sense to me), then it seems an important piece of knowledge. If there is a way to get the trialware to do a 'clone', such knowledge would also be helpful.

    I plunked down my cash and now own the software. Not a bad choice; we have some machines that have been hanging around long past their actual ability to function. I have a thing about letting my hard drives out of my control
     
    tony487, Oct 18, 2008
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    speed2001a Notebook Enthusiast

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    OOOps...are you upset because someone is trying to help you? geeezzz...anyway taking my chance... My Acronis full license is not being able to clone my U330 drive with Vista also...never happened before...now it does not recognize the internal drive... go figure...
     
    speed2001a, Oct 19, 2008
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    tropolis Notebook Enthusiast

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    Might help someone->

    i imaged my t500 a couple of weeks ago. First I used Acronis v9 and it would not boot up from the cd drive. Then I used Acronis v11. It worked. Might be that v11 has more drivers than v9 and is able to recognize more of the hardware that is currently out there.
     
    tropolis, Oct 19, 2008
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    gengerald Technofile Extraordinaire

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    Why not use a livecd or other linux distro to do this?
     
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  9. tony487

    tony487 Notebook Consultant

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    Nope, I am very appreciative of help. But, when a reply begins "What do you want anyone here do about it?" that sounds not like help but like a bit of sarcasm or 'what can we do ya dork' sort of comment.

    If I misinterpreted, I apologize for my bristling follow-up. Tone is almost impossible to convey on the boards.

    Hmm. Not sure about your clone issue. I have Vista Business 32 bit and, once I had the full license for Arconis Easy Migrate 7, I was able to clone the drive.

    I have a Hitachi 5K320. I did not think to look for cloning software from the drive manufacturer
     
    tony487, Oct 20, 2008
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