Hard Drive clicking sound!!!

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  1. Posts : 112
    windows 7 Ultimate 32bit & 64bit
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    Hard Drive clicking sound!!!


    Hey guys when I boot my pc my main hd is making a clicking sound, and won't detect the HD. After a few tries I can get into windows. But it seems it's on it's last leg. I would like to make an image of this drive for another hd before it completely dies, any recomdations for software that can do this?

    Thanks
    Last edited by hastyle; 21 Aug 2010 at 01:10.
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  2. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Hello Hastyle,

    You could use Windows 7's built-in feature to create a system image on another hard drive, then do a system image recovery later to the new hard drive.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  3. Posts : 112
    windows 7 Ultimate 32bit & 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    wow i didnt know windows 7 had such a thing! will look into it.

    thanks you.
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  4. Posts : 71,977
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    You're welcome. I just hope it's not to late yet.
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  5.    #5

    all you have to do is hit the windows key and type backup into the search bar, then select create a system image, and while you're at it, create a system repair disk.. then buy a new HDD. You'll have to reactivate windows afterwards... KB971033 is automatically downloaded and installed whenever you restore from a system image, and almost always gives you a "windows not genuine" message, regardless of the original source used to install windows
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  6. Posts : 112
    windows 7 Ultimate 32bit & 64bit
    Thread Starter
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    Hey guys so i've looked around online for a tutorial of it. Im on my pc right now, got it too boot again, the clicks are getting longer on every boot, so this could be my last chance to do it. I wanna make sure i get it right. So i have an external drive hooked up, i back up the image to the external hd, make a system repair disk.. I was just gonna use the drive in my external drive as my new Boot drive now,

    so does the image have to be on a different drive then the one you want to install the image on??

    thanks.


    madtownidiot said:
    all you have to do is hit the windows key and type backup into the search bar, then select create a system image, and while you're at it, create a system repair disk.. then buy a new HDD. You'll have to reactivate windows afterwards... KB971033 is automatically downloaded and installed whenever you restore from a system image, and almost always gives you a "windows not genuine" message, regardless of the original source used to install windows
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  7.    #7

    The backup image has to be on a separate partition at the very least, but definitely use the external hdd for your backup
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  8. Posts : 112
    windows 7 Ultimate 32bit & 64bit
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    I do have a external hdd, and its the one i plan to back up the image on, but i also wanted to use this external hdd as the new hard drive. So my option is to get a another hd, to put this image on. in the page where do u want to save the backup, i can select the external hd but there is also a one or more dvds option.


    madtownidiot said:
    The backup image has to be on a separate partition at the very least, so if you don't have an external HDD, it would be a very wise investment.
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  9.    #9

    You can't install windows to an external HDD. When windows boots, it tests all the connections including USB and eSATA, and you will get BSODs. you will have to get a new HDD, but they are pretty cheap on newegg.com. I've seen 500 GB WD caviar blacks for less than $50 on sale
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  10. Posts : 2,963
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
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    When you say you want to use the external as your new hard drive, I hope you mean you plan to take it out of the enclosure and use it as an internal drive, because it won't work otherwise. I believe what you want is something more like HDClone: Miray Software - HDClone - Hard disk copy, hard disk backup, hard disk rescue!

    Keep in mind, the new HDD must be the same size or lager than the old one.
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