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raid is the way to go !
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I've come to the conclusion that this can not be done. Since I own a copy of Ghost 9 I'm going to try it ONE MORE TIME. :r What I plan on doing is making a clone of Drive #1 (my C:\ drive) to Drive #2 making Drive #2 bootable. This will make Drive #2 my C:\ drive. After the clone, I will make sure that Drive #1 is disconected from the computer. This should make the computer boot off of Drive #2 which is now my C:\ and leave a bootable copy of the drive (Drive #1) in my machine for backup. I will have to open my machine to switch the drives but it will be a solid backup solution. Does this sound like the thing to do or do you have another suggestion? Thanks Jim :g |
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i have 2 drives running at the same time (cloned) i just switch the jumpers to set the second (back up) drive to slave. the main drive to master.
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Did you then shut down your machine and put the original drive in as the slave? If the drive the computer is ruuning off of fails will the second drive (slave) boot up the computer? Jim :g |
i did this on my POS for my restaurant. i added a drive to the computer, cloned it, had it set up all the time to be a slave drive (jumper settings on the hard drive) and left it in the machine.
i use a program called second copy to update the second drive. it will put all the new info from my business on the second drive. if the first drive fails, i just change the jumper settings and away i go. you should be able to copy your c: drive to another drive and just replacve your c: drive with the copied drive and have everything just as it was! make sure when you replace the original drive with the copied drive you set up the jumpers to be the master drive. was this clear jim?? i think a raid card would be what you really want, it puts all the info all the time on 2 or more drives if you want and if one fails, just unplug it and restart. |
The fog is starting to lift, thanks Beav.
I have heard of raid but never used it. Sounds like it would do what I'm wanting to do but is there a draw back to using it? Jim :g |
i will send you a raid card for free if you want.
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nope. i just have a cloned drive that i update every now and then.
i dont have a back up for on the spot :e:e i do take my machine out every now & then and blow it out with my compressor to get rid of all the dust mites !! this way it always runs cool !! thats what kills alot of computers HEAT !!! |
Thanks Beav,
Is anybody using a raid card on their main show machine? Jim :g |
all it is, is a slot card that your ribbon cable plugs into rather than going through the motherboard.
how old is your computer, it may have raid capabilities ?? am i talking chineese jim ?? or do you understand ?? |
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Your not shooting over my head bro, I appreciate you taking the time to help and may PM you my address after a little research on raid. It's sounding good to me! Jim :g |
when you change the jumper settings on the hard drive itself, it doesnt look for the slave drive to boot to.
hey jim i just wanted to make sure we are on the same page, no disrespect from me, and none taken :) |
Jim if you are using SATA drives (small cable instead of wide ribbon cable), then you have Raid capability already. You would need two drives identical in size to do this. What happens is when anything changes on one disk the other is automatically updated. This is called mirroring (I forget what raid level it is but can find out if you want to try it). If drive 0 fails drive 1 takes over and automatically becomes the working drive. You get a warning message that the drive has failed, but the computer keeps on working.
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