Subj : Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive To : All From : james@nospam.com Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:21 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: james@nospam.com Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 01:29:52 -0600 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 41 Message-ID: <9gka0d55a85fgg6d62v76qacjftdvtei72@4ax.com> References: <2e49F9HceGAaFw0R@soft255.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: TKghX/mglWkVW1qxlGBsyg.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134476 On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 12:46:05 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: >Thanks for that. Incidentally, xpinfo doesn't work with OEM (or VLK). >[] >>By the way, this is where you can get Ghost 2003: >> >>http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/265545~688de4fa5cfd7a3653cce1c3f14 >>7b3d4/GHOST_BOOTx.zip > >Thanks for that too. I've downloaded both. >> >> It looks like you are saying that you downloaded the Ghost zipfile. Is that correct? It is refusing to download for me. It starts downloading and fails after about 10 seconds, saying "source could not be read". Maybe this has something to do with my slow dialup internet, but it dont even try. I have tried to DL this thing at least 10 times, used different browsers too. Another browser said: "Does not appear to be a valid archive" The file is 1.3mb. It will take a half hour on my dialup, but I can usually DL files of that size without problems. This does look to be thge best way to clone these drives. I dont even want to attempt to do it with a CD, because I've been thru trying to configure CD drives and Hard drives on the same cable, and it naver worked. Not to mention I only have connectors for TWO IDEs and would need THREE. On top of that, I will do anything to avoid burning CDs. Thats generally another nightmare, especially if they need to be bootable. I'll have to drive to town and see if I can download it at a WIFI, but it sure seems like the file is borked, and I'm not willing to drive 10 miles for nothing. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .