Subj : Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive
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Subject: Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive
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In message <ipif0dla4uj5eru34i019bdc4hn0gsgdfe@4ax.com>, 
james@nospam.com writes:
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>Actually I think I did get a usable download, at least the zipfile
>opens, but after I open it, I had no clue what to do with the .EXE
>inside of it.

(As another has said, I think you run it, and it makes a floppy.)
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>I cant run a CD drive on the computer I intend to use to clone the hard
>drives. I need both IDE connectors for drives. There wont be one
>available for a CD drive.

If you have two connectors, you can almost certainly have four (E)IDE 
drives: each IDE cable can support two devices, either master and slave 
(determined by the position - usually absence or presence - of a link on 
the drives themselves), or cable select. (Master/slave is the commonest 
in my experience.)
>
>I'm sure one I get this in the mail, I will figure it out from the
>manual included with it.
>
For $10, I would hope so!
>
>
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