Path:
eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o
rg!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" 
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Subject: Re: Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard drive
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 09:20:26 +0000
Organization: 255 software
Lines: 27
Message-ID: 
References:  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed
Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org;
posting-host="12c593774a94eae3124b71c3e1debc2a";
 logging-data="13883"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";
posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+ra1HjGeUrXoZdRBBI8D1t"
User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M ()
Cancel-Lock: sha1:AJitfci1buyHc+kJSRZkLDUXAfc=
Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134505

In message , 
james@nospam.com writes:
>On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 20:22:04 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
> wrote:
[]
>>Hang on though: You say "There is only one IDE connector on the
>>motherbd. One of them goes to the CD drive." One of them? You have the
[]
>I thought I wasclear when I said THERE IS ONLY ONE IDE CONNECTOR ON THE
>MOTHERBOARD. That means I can use two devices.

That was clear, until you used the words "One of them goes to the CD 
drive." Though I suppose that must have referred to one of the 
connectors on the cable rather than the mobo, sorry!
>
>Yes, this computer will boot from a USB stick. I have a few sticks with
>older versions of Linux that I occasionally boot up.
>
>BUt I'll stick with Norton Ghost and a floppy. Easiest solution, and
>Acronis is said to be very complicated. I prefer simple!!!
>
Sounds good. Do tell us how you get on!
>
-- 
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

10.0 times 0.1 is hardly ever 1.0.
--- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1