Cloning a hard drive. AVG firewall off warning.
Posted: Thu Apr 04, 2013 9:57 pm
Today I decided to install a Western Digital 250 G hard drive to replace two other drives that were starting to wear out, I thought.
After two times trying to clone it, I resorted to the web, after I restored the network that quit.
I found out that I had to format the HD first. The software never mentioned that or gave any kind of indication that something was wrong. It just quit and went straight to Windows. I called Western Digital and the first thing they wanted was the S/N on the hard drive before they could answer my questions. I just blew them off by saying it was in the PC and I could not get it out.
The tech told me to go into System Administrative, Computer Management, find the drive and click on Format in NTFS. Then I should try to run Acronis True Image again. This time it rebooted and went to a copy screen that took over an hour to finish. This time it said it was completed and started Windows again. Now I can see the drive in Windows Explorer. No wonder people can't do things on computers. They hide all of the good stuff...
The MBR error is still coming up, but it most likely is the PCI Network card that failed immediately after I installed the new hard drive. And no, I was nowhere near it. I checked the card seating and it is OK, but it forced me to get a NetGear USB device to get on the Internet to find help.
So here is how this computer is doing so far this year:
1) Replace power supply on a whim that it might be worth saving. It works, but then the hard drives start acting up...
2) I purchase a hard drive because another Acronis backup program keeps warning me that BOTH existing hard drives are bad.
3) Once the drive is installed, the Network fails at startup. I click on the menu icon to repair it and the icon completely disappears. It isn't listed in the Network anymore either.
4) I fix the Network with a new device, with Windows constantly begging to use the Internet to find the driver. Hey fella, I don't have the Internet yet, that's why I am trying to install this software. (I actually had to let Windows install the NetGear driver on another machine because the CD software kept losing the connection. So far I have only had to tell it the WEP security code twice on this one.)
So now I have a clone drive, so what are the odds that it will work like the old one?
PS: The Acronis backup software now says that both of the hard drives are just fine! Now it wants me to back up the old one on the new one. Hey fella, I just did! I thought the old one was shot???
PPS: You cannot install the Acronis software without a WD hard drive installed. What does that tell me about Western Digital?
After two times trying to clone it, I resorted to the web, after I restored the network that quit.
I found out that I had to format the HD first. The software never mentioned that or gave any kind of indication that something was wrong. It just quit and went straight to Windows. I called Western Digital and the first thing they wanted was the S/N on the hard drive before they could answer my questions. I just blew them off by saying it was in the PC and I could not get it out.
The tech told me to go into System Administrative, Computer Management, find the drive and click on Format in NTFS. Then I should try to run Acronis True Image again. This time it rebooted and went to a copy screen that took over an hour to finish. This time it said it was completed and started Windows again. Now I can see the drive in Windows Explorer. No wonder people can't do things on computers. They hide all of the good stuff...
The MBR error is still coming up, but it most likely is the PCI Network card that failed immediately after I installed the new hard drive. And no, I was nowhere near it. I checked the card seating and it is OK, but it forced me to get a NetGear USB device to get on the Internet to find help.
So here is how this computer is doing so far this year:
1) Replace power supply on a whim that it might be worth saving. It works, but then the hard drives start acting up...
2) I purchase a hard drive because another Acronis backup program keeps warning me that BOTH existing hard drives are bad.
3) Once the drive is installed, the Network fails at startup. I click on the menu icon to repair it and the icon completely disappears. It isn't listed in the Network anymore either.
4) I fix the Network with a new device, with Windows constantly begging to use the Internet to find the driver. Hey fella, I don't have the Internet yet, that's why I am trying to install this software. (I actually had to let Windows install the NetGear driver on another machine because the CD software kept losing the connection. So far I have only had to tell it the WEP security code twice on this one.)
So now I have a clone drive, so what are the odds that it will work like the old one?
PS: The Acronis backup software now says that both of the hard drives are just fine! Now it wants me to back up the old one on the new one. Hey fella, I just did! I thought the old one was shot???
PPS: You cannot install the Acronis software without a WD hard drive installed. What does that tell me about Western Digital?