| Windows 7: seagate clone disc not working need advise |
09 Oct 2011
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#1 | | windows 7 ultimate 64 bit |
seagate clone disc not working need advise so I bought a new 1T hard drive. a seagate barracuda sata. I followed the disc wizard instructions to clone my hard drive but after I chose the disc to clone etc and it restarted the computer now I just have a blank black screen with a flashing cursor. and it doesn't seem to be doing anything. (let it sit for more than 10 min. and the hdd light never flashes or anything.) and now my old drive will not boot.
seagate's site is a waste of time to ask there. no one posts there.
anyone familiar with their clone disc have anything to share with me? I'd hate to re install windows again. takes way too long..... | My System Specs |
| OS windows 7 ultimate 64 bit CPU amd athlon 64 X2 5000+ Motherboard asus A8M2N-LA Memory 4 gigs pc2 5300 Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS Sound Card Realtek alc888 high def 8 channel Monitor(s) Displays 17"samsung syncMaster and 32" LCD panasonic viera tv PSU Antec Hard Drives 300 gb Hitachi sata 7200rpm
1T seagate Barracuda sata 7200rpm
150 gb WD PATA
250gb WD my passport USB 2.0 Other Info Altec lansing ATP3 3 pc speaker system(these things rock!) |
09 Oct 2011
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#2 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM NW Florida |
Were both hard drives installed inside the computer? The Acronis that Disk wizzard uses will clone pretty well. I have used it several times without issue. It should not have affected your old hard drive. Which hard drive is set to boot first in your bios? When it said to reboot did you reboot into the new hard drive or the old one. As I recall, the actulal clone process occurs during startup. Use the 1 time boot menu and boot into your new hard drive. See if that helps. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built- Always under construction OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM CPU Intel i7-3770K Motherboard Asus Maximus V Extreme Z77 Memory 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3-2400 (2X4GB) Graphics Card EVGA GTX 670 SC 4GB Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD Screen Resolution 1920X1080 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU CORSAIR AX850 Case Cooler Master HAF X Cooling Custom Water Cooling Hard Drives Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 830 256GB, Samsung HD103SJ 1TB . External HD- Black X dock esata 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, Rosewill USB 3.0 dock 1TB Samsung Spinpoint Internet Speed carrier pigeon speed Antivirus MSE/MBAM Browser ie8 Other Info 2nd Rig,Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64, i7-2600K, Asrock P67 Extreme 4, 8GB DDR3-2133, HAF XM case, Noctua NH-D14, Gigabyte HD6950 OC 1GB, 2 X Crucial M4 128GB, Asus 24" LED.
Laptop- Samsung RF711-SO1 17" i5-2310M, 8GB DDR3-1333, Crucial M4 and OCZ vertex2, Nvidia GT540M.Win 7 HP X64 SP1. |
11 Oct 2011
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#3 | | windows 7 ultimate 64 bit |
well it never cloned because it was indeed trying to load the new drive first. I was too impatient to check it and I installed windows anyway. lol
my old drive is fine. | My System Specs | | OS windows 7 ultimate 64 bit CPU amd athlon 64 X2 5000+ Motherboard asus A8M2N-LA Memory 4 gigs pc2 5300 Graphics Card Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS Sound Card Realtek alc888 high def 8 channel Monitor(s) Displays 17"samsung syncMaster and 32" LCD panasonic viera tv PSU Antec Hard Drives 300 gb Hitachi sata 7200rpm
1T seagate Barracuda sata 7200rpm
150 gb WD PATA
250gb WD my passport USB 2.0 Other Info Altec lansing ATP3 3 pc speaker system(these things rock!) |
11 Oct 2011
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#4 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM NW Florida |
Hope you have it the way you want it. Glad you figured it out. Disk Wizzard usually does a good job at cloning but can take a few minutes depending on the size of the clone. Glad you have things worked out. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built- Always under construction OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64/ linux in VM CPU Intel i7-3770K Motherboard Asus Maximus V Extreme Z77 Memory 8GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3-2400 (2X4GB) Graphics Card EVGA GTX 670 SC 4GB Sound Card On Board Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" LCD Screen Resolution 1920X1080 Keyboard Logitech G510 Mouse Logitech G500 PSU CORSAIR AX850 Case Cooler Master HAF X Cooling Custom Water Cooling Hard Drives Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB, Samsung 830 256GB, Samsung HD103SJ 1TB . External HD- Black X dock esata 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, Rosewill USB 3.0 dock 1TB Samsung Spinpoint Internet Speed carrier pigeon speed Antivirus MSE/MBAM Browser ie8 Other Info 2nd Rig,Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 X64, i7-2600K, Asrock P67 Extreme 4, 8GB DDR3-2133, HAF XM case, Noctua NH-D14, Gigabyte HD6950 OC 1GB, 2 X Crucial M4 128GB, Asus 24" LED.
Laptop- Samsung RF711-SO1 17" i5-2310M, 8GB DDR3-1333, Crucial M4 and OCZ vertex2, Nvidia GT540M.Win 7 HP X64 SP1. |
12 Oct 2011
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#5 | | Vista Ultimate X64/ Windows 7 Dual-boot |
Whenever cloning a HDD at 1st boot of the cloned drive it's important to have all other HDD's disconnected...
It's not necessary to uninstall them...simply disconnect the data cables...
Only time i've seen Acronis not do it's job has been user error. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-Built OS Vista Ultimate X64/ Windows 7 Dual-boot CPU Q6600 Motherboard ASUS P5K Memory 4G OCZ PC2 8500 Platinum Graphics Card EVGA 8800GTS Vid Card PSU OCZ Elite 800W PSU Case RaidMax Smilodon Case Hard Drives 500G Seagate SATA
200G Seagate SATA
100G WD Caviar SATA
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