Cloning a hard drive takes ages these days, especially with big hard drives. Six hours so far, and about 25% to go. Yawn!
Last time I did this I doubt the drive was much bigger than 25gb, if that.
Oh well, I better go make another cup of tea!
lucy24
5:22 pm on May 22, 2019 (gmt 0)
Several orders of magnitude (and at least one computer) ago, I once had to upload a CD’s worth of (public-domain) content. We started out figuring it was simpler for the content creator to burn the stuff onto a CD and mail it to me from Australia, but eventually it turned out it had to be uploaded anyway. It took eleven and a half hours, during which time the computer was pretty much out of commission.
engine
8:02 pm on May 22, 2019 (gmt 0)
Ahhh, sneakernet! Usually reliable, but not really necessary these days.
Disk cloned, but it's not quite correct. I'm going to have to run it again. Sigh!
lucy24
8:16 pm on May 22, 2019 (gmt 0)
I was bemused to note that the working directory for one of my in-preparation ebooks is 42.7 GB, or roughly 20,000 times as big as the hard drive on my first computer. File under: Things That Make You Feel Old.
tangor
10:20 pm on May 22, 2019 (gmt 0)
Cloning with a hardware device designed for such will be a more speedy option, but few folks have one of those handy.
I do, but I can't think of many I know who have such. Or a need for it. Even so, write speeds will determine how long any process will take.
What's more interesting is what qualifies for "big drives" these days.
When I started out the newest hard drive on the market was a whopping 10mb!
not2easy
1:59 pm on May 23, 2019 (gmt 0)
I use (Mac) software for cloning and have found that is works MUCH faster and with less heat overhead if I turn off connections and antivirus/security software during the work. Imagine the extra effort to check/validate each byte before writing.
Dimitri
2:10 pm on May 23, 2019 (gmt 0)
Just in case , on PC I use "Acronis True Image", simple, fast, reliable.
engine
2:44 pm on May 23, 2019 (gmt 0)
I turn off connections and antivirus/security software during the work.
Doh, I forgot to do that. I'll be trying again later, but i'll disconnect my machine so that it's standalone.
engine
12:00 pm on May 28, 2019 (gmt 0)
FYI, all done, and it was a success. What a difference it made by turning off the a/v and security software, thanks.
Hopefully, the new hard drive will remain working. I estimate a couple of weeks if it's going to fail, otherwise, reliability has been good over recent years.
