Re: [Thinkpad] Clone/boot problem

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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ross" <ross@math.hawaii.edu>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 2:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Clone/boot problem

> > How are you mounting the second disk? Thinkpads appear to use some
> odd geometries at times, and cloning via a USB enclosure causes
> problems. In my experience it's necessary to use an internal 2nd HDD
> adapter.
>
> So far no go, but I didn't have much hope for my latest idea. (I have a
> copy of the infamous Hiren's Boot CD, and thought I'd try some of the
> tools on that, but I can only get it to see the drive over the built-in
> USB1.1 port instead of the cardbus USB2 port, and I didn't want to hang
> around while 40 gigs were transferred at 1.1 speeds. It *was* able to
> let me rule out geometry problems - when I format the drive over the USB
> adapter, remount it in the machine, then boot to Hiren's CD, the
> programs there - which include Paragon, Acronis, etc - all say the drive
> and formatting check out 100%.)
>
> I don't know what "internal 2nd HDD adapter" would mean on a one-spindle
> machine like the X30:-)
>
> As I wrote before, I have no doubt I will get this drive to work, if
> nothing else then through a backup/restore, but it has been
> surprisingly resistant to standard tools compared to the many many disk
> installs and migrations I've done in the past. - DR
>
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