Recent content by JoJoUK

I've downloaded and installed a trail version of Acronis True Image. It can do cloning but only in the paid version. Does anyone have experience of cloning with Acronis? Can it cope with bad sectors?

Yes, that's the obvious solution, but if I wanted to do that I wouldn't have bothered going down the cloning route. So, I repeat my question. Is it not possible to clone a disk which has a few bad sectors? I've read about software called 'ddrescue' which is supposed to cope with bad sectors...

Hi...I'm reasonably technically proficient, but I'm not a total geek. I'm looking for cloning software, to run in Windows XP, that can cope with bad sectors on the original disk. People keep recommending 'ddrescue' but it seems it's not normal windows software. Is that correct? Can I not run...

I have an E-machines desktop running windows XP. The hard disk is slow and 'clunky' with 4 bad blocks, so I decide to clone it to a newer hard disk of the same size. Hoping to mark the back sectors, I booted from a HIRONS diagnostics CD and ran chkdsk /f/r Then I ran Macrium Reflect and set...