Vista - How clone a 2 1/2" laptop drive

I want to use Acronis to clone my disk (laptop). How do I choose a
disk and plug it in to my laptop (which only has one disk drive and no
extra bays)?

Sorry - I forgot to cross post......

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:11:23 -0400, rmo555@newsgroup wrote:
Plug it into a USB port. There are all kinds of adapters for that purpose.
Acronis will have no trouble with it.

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Those are the kind of enclosures that Gene is talking about: ( hdd enclosure - Search at Office Depot ).

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:23:36 -0700, "Gene E. Bloch"
<not-me@newsgroup> wrote:
Can I purchase a "caddy" for the drive with a USB cord on it?

If you already have a drive, then you buy a 2.5 USB enclosure and install
the drive in the enclosure. Enclosures have the needed USB cord and the
needed AC adapter.

If you don't own a drive, just buy a 2.5 USB already installed.

It can take quite a while to clone the disk. My system takes around 2 hours
to clone a 250 GB drive.
Jim
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:11:23 -0400, rmo555 wrote:
Don't quite follow what you're up to. Do you absolutely want to add a
drive or are you interested in replacing one or are you simply looking at
backups?

If not replace, then two possibilities spring to mind: external drive
(USB or firewire) or network.

On 16 Oct 2009 00:09:46 GMT, ray <ray@newsgroup> wrote:
I find it very comforting to have a backup drive 'just in case.' Of
course, I backup my entire drive (and network drives) almost daily.
However, the files and data on my primary disk are irreplaceable. With
a weekly or so backup disk drive and my (almost) daily backups, I'll
never (hopefully) have to worry about losing my info. I even backup my
drives to two independent backup external drives. I'm anal about
backing up.

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:56:46 -0500, whs wrote:
Actually I was more thinking about these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...e+sata+adapter

Or for ease of use, the TinyURL version of the above:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/yktu4g4

But both are good, and your suggestion might make the OP feel more secure,
with the drive protected inside an enclosure.

To the OP - be sure that you choose an enclosure or cable that will accept
your drive. Most of the cables accept both 2.5" and 3.5" drives of both
persuasions, IDE/PATA and SATA. Many enclosures accept both IDE/PATA and
SATA too, but many accept only one type, and AFAIK all enclosures accept
only one drive size.

And just to roil the waters a bit more, here's an example of a dock:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...dock&x=20&y=28

Or in TinyURL form, http://preview.tinyurl.com/yhsh74u

The docks I've seen all take only SATA, but they all take either 2.5" or
3.5" drives.

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You may have missed my post: Those are the kind of enclosures that Gene is talking about: ( hdd enclosure - Search at Office Depot ).

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:18:13 -0400, rmo555@newsgroup wrote:
s/anal/prudent/ :-)

That is Unix slang for "no, you're not anal, you're prudent"...

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