second hard drive copy

[dk199160]

I have my OS installed on a ssd and my games n documents folder pointed to my second regular hard drive, if my second hard drive crashes is there a way I can copy all the data installed on the 2nd hard drive to the new hard drive that I would put in, without uninstalling anything?

 

[getochkn]

If it crashes, how are you going to access it to copy it all? Did you mean to say that if you first HD crashes?

 

[dk199160]

nah actually what I mean is if I notice that the 2nd hdd its going bad and decide to replace it is there a way I can copy all the data installed on the 2nd hard drive to the new hard drive that I would put in, without uninstalling anything?

 

[boosted1g]

Beat me to that exact question getochkn.

The second drive is not like the os drive, if widnows crashes you wont be able to access the ssd drive, but the second hard drive is independent of windows. Thus if the second drive is not readible it is because it is bad, so most likley you would not be able to recover any data

 

[boosted1g]

Run chkdisk on the drive to try to fix an errors on it

Then yes you can copy the drive, I would use a program like syncback to copy the files over instead of drag and drop.

 

[dk199160]

is there a way to clone the 2nd drive and restore it to the new drive?

 

[getochkn]

If your second one is acting weird but still accesable and you were to copy everything off it, it should be fine without reinstalling anything.

now if your main drive crashes, you will have to reinstall regardless if they are on the d, as when you install programs, it copies dll's, registry files, etc.

 

[dk199160]

do yall know of or recommend any programs that would do that?

 

[getochkn]

do yall know of or recommend any programs that would do that?

Highlight them all, copy, paste. IF the drive is crashing, its going to die and you'll loose stuff regardless of what program you use.

Either buy a backup drive now and backup stuff, or quit being paranoid over the what if.

 

[dk199160]

ok thanks