It's been a while since I've posted in this forum. I am mainly a casual PC user with a limited amount of knowledge. I built a PC in 2012 and this forum was helpful. I am currently looking to replace some of the older hard drives in the PC (I already purchased two 2tb Seagate drives from NewEgg). The drive I'm replacing is used for storage and programs (I have programs on it that I don't open frequently in order to save space on my SSD).
It has been a while since I've fooled with anything on my PC, and I can't exactly remember what to do to clone a drive. I think I need to format the new drives in Windows first. I have Clonezilla on a CD. I also have a HD docking station/duplicator (which is made by Connectland). I'm not sure whether I should use Clonezilla or the duplicator. Also, when using Clonezilla, I would guess I would only keep the drives that I'm using connected to the Motherboard? I have a few drives, and some are partitioned, so I might not know which drive is which if I'm just viewing drives labeled as sda, sdb, or whatever name Clonezilla names these drives as. I sort of remember creating a system image with Clonezilla, and then copying that image to a new drive. Would I just create the system image on the new drive using Clonezilla? Is a system image the same thing as a copy (i.e. could I just create the image, then use the drive). The drive that I'm copying is 1tb. I think I would need to increase the partition size on my new 2tb drive after copying, correct? (I'm guessing a copy will only create a 1tb partition?).
I don't know if my specs are listed on this site anymore. I'll do a quick run down: Samsung Evo 850 ssd, 2x8gb DDR3 G.skill sniper, Sapphire Radeon HD7950, Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 mobo, Intel 3570k, Cougar GX1050 psu, Windows 7 64bit Home Edition. I also have this set up as a dual boot with Unbuntu as a 2nd OS (but I rarely use it).
I've been having frequent BSODs, which was one of the main reasons for buying a new drive--hear me out please (I may be off base). I ran MemTest86 and found no errors (I only ran for an hour or two). I did chkdsk on my drives. The one I'm replacing, I had to restart the PC to run. I had originally set it to seek and repair bad sectors. The test froze part of the way during testing. Speccy is currently showing the following information on the drive:
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 2 200 200 0 0000000002 Good
C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count 2 200 200 0 0000000002 Good
C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 0 200 200 0 0000000000 Good
C8 Write Error Rate / Multi-Zone Error Rate 3 200 200 0 0000000003 Good
I'm guessing this means the drive has some bad sectors on it, and thought it may be nearing its end of life. I don't know, if the drive is failing, if this is causing the BSODs. Also, if it has bad sectors, I don't know if those bad sectors would copy to the new disk and create the same problems (i.e. I was thinking that, if the drive is failing, it could possibly cause problems when Windows attempts to read/write to certain areas). The BSODs have been occurring for almost a year now. For some reason, Windows lumped all of my backups into one large back up rather than deleting previous back ups. So, I haven't backed up my system for over a year (I didn't want to delete a working image). Those images were made prior to the BSODs. The BSODs seemed to occur after a Windows Update. I did use Windows driver verification tool and I have updated my BIOS. No luck with either.
Sorry for the long winded question. I'm probably causing experienced users to shake their head. Thanks for any help.
It has been a while since I've fooled with anything on my PC, and I can't exactly remember what to do to clone a drive. I think I need to format the new drives in Windows first. I have Clonezilla on a CD. I also have a HD docking station/duplicator (which is made by Connectland). I'm not sure whether I should use Clonezilla or the duplicator. Also, when using Clonezilla, I would guess I would only keep the drives that I'm using connected to the Motherboard? I have a few drives, and some are partitioned, so I might not know which drive is which if I'm just viewing drives labeled as sda, sdb, or whatever name Clonezilla names these drives as. I sort of remember creating a system image with Clonezilla, and then copying that image to a new drive. Would I just create the system image on the new drive using Clonezilla? Is a system image the same thing as a copy (i.e. could I just create the image, then use the drive). The drive that I'm copying is 1tb. I think I would need to increase the partition size on my new 2tb drive after copying, correct? (I'm guessing a copy will only create a 1tb partition?).
I don't know if my specs are listed on this site anymore. I'll do a quick run down: Samsung Evo 850 ssd, 2x8gb DDR3 G.skill sniper, Sapphire Radeon HD7950, Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 mobo, Intel 3570k, Cougar GX1050 psu, Windows 7 64bit Home Edition. I also have this set up as a dual boot with Unbuntu as a 2nd OS (but I rarely use it).
I've been having frequent BSODs, which was one of the main reasons for buying a new drive--hear me out please (I may be off base). I ran MemTest86 and found no errors (I only ran for an hour or two). I did chkdsk on my drives. The one I'm replacing, I had to restart the PC to run. I had originally set it to seek and repair bad sectors. The test froze part of the way during testing. Speccy is currently showing the following information on the drive:
C5 Current Pending Sector Count 2 200 200 0 0000000002 Good
C6 Uncorrectable Sector Count 2 200 200 0 0000000002 Good
C7 UltraDMA CRC Error Count 0 200 200 0 0000000000 Good
C8 Write Error Rate / Multi-Zone Error Rate 3 200 200 0 0000000003 Good
I'm guessing this means the drive has some bad sectors on it, and thought it may be nearing its end of life. I don't know, if the drive is failing, if this is causing the BSODs. Also, if it has bad sectors, I don't know if those bad sectors would copy to the new disk and create the same problems (i.e. I was thinking that, if the drive is failing, it could possibly cause problems when Windows attempts to read/write to certain areas). The BSODs have been occurring for almost a year now. For some reason, Windows lumped all of my backups into one large back up rather than deleting previous back ups. So, I haven't backed up my system for over a year (I didn't want to delete a working image). Those images were made prior to the BSODs. The BSODs seemed to occur after a Windows Update. I did use Windows driver verification tool and I have updated my BIOS. No luck with either.
Sorry for the long winded question. I'm probably causing experienced users to shake their head. Thanks for any help.
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