Hey guys,

So I have two hard drives, one that was in my laptop and one that i am going to put in. I have a ceasing that allows me to put in two drives at once (and after a long process of getting the new drives to recognized), I have both in the device hooked up to my desktop. So I have three main questions:

Firstly, is there a way to simply copy over the files, since my computer sees them both as different externals.

Secondly, I have a duel boot on the other drive with windows 7 and ubuntu, will they both load up correctly? or will it be missing files, sadly Im missing the original disks and up grade keys for the vista install, and all I have is the ubuntu disk.

Lastly, the reason I am changing the hard drive is partly for speed (from a 5400 to a 7200), but also becuase several tests have told me that I had about 17,000 bad sectors on the drive. are the files going to be corrupt or missing?


thanks for your help, you guys are always really helpful

Sincerely,

Vetre

There are several backup alternatives in my signature under Backup so perhaps some of those suggestions may assist you in cloning your HD's.

Let me know if any of them help. Backup with either Ghost or Acronis is a very good investment.

kind regards,