Subj : imaging
To : Bob Seaborn
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Tue Mar 05 2013 07:36 pm
On 5.3.2013 8:54, Bob Seaborn -> Tommi Koivula wrote:
>> On 4.3.2013 9:01, Bob Seaborn -> Anyone wrote:
BS>>> I have an os2 box (that runs my Fido system) with HPFS
>> formatted BS> drives and the drives are failing.
BS>>> Does anyone have any software (or suggestion) that will
>> accurately BS> build an image of an HPFS drive, and then replicate
>> it on a BS> new/replacement drive.
BS>>> Anything to avoid complete rebuilding of the OS/2 system on a
>> new BS> drive. :)
>> I have done the same few times simply by taking the hard disc out
>> of theOS/2 computer and cloned it in a Windows computer with Norton
>> Ghost. Also possible to use bootable CD or even a floppy to do the
>> job.
BS> What version Ghost? I don't believe the newest versions will work
BS> with HPFS.
I cannot remember the version, it has been few years when I last cloned
my OS/2 disk. Pretty old I think, 2003 or so.
However, the version that I used was able to clone the whole drive
sector by sector. It had no idea about any file systems on it.
