cannot mount disc

[gordon55y]

Hi,
I am trying to clone my root disk to a second internal HDD.
The problem is that the second destination HDD is not mounted :-(
I think it may have been a clone and W7 will not let it mount because of same registry.
How can I mount this second HDD?
thanks

 

[Ranger4]

What program are you using to clone that disc?. Most people of this Forum use Macrium Reflect for this a & imaging purposes & it has all the necessary tools to make cloning a very simple & quick operation. You can download a free version from this website.

Macrium Software | Macrium Reflect Free

 

[gordon55y]

Ranger4,
Thanks for the reply.
I have been using Marcium for years, but I am disappointed with a recent serious bug.
See my post:Macrium Reflect error: do you want to scan and fix G: - Windows 7 Help Forums

So I have been looking at alternatives.
Acronis True Image has a very good interface.
And it allows me to exclude folders on image backup.
MR does not.
It allows for password.
MR does not.

I see that MR does not require the destination disk to be mounted
I have a hard time trusting MR with that obvious bug :-(
Do get that MR error when executing the .mrimg file?

 

[SoBored]

Excuse me if I'm not understanding but, when you say the HD is not mounted, do you mean that it is "offline"?
If so (in disk management) you can right-click on the square box to the left of the HD that is "offline" and choose "online"
Again, if I'm not getting your question I apologize.

 

[gordon55y]

SoBored,
Thankyou, that fixed it.
I had not tried that.

Actually it was a bit more enigmatic.
First, I hovered over the left side of the offline disc and did a right click and selected online.
An error said something about a signature collision and then sent me to a windows help
page to initialize the disc. After reading that, I went back to the manage disc.
It was still offline. A bit OCD, I again right clicked on the disc and selected online.
And it came online. WTF?
Anyhow, thanks

 

[SoBored]

Glad I could help (?) sort of (?)
Looking at your screenshot it looked like the 'offline' disk was initialized so I didn't say anything (if a volume isn't initialized the BLUE bar is BLACK)