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Failing HD, to clone or not to clone?
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Join Date: Jul 2002
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I had been having some HD trouble, seemed to be fixed with disk warrior, but the SMART status changed to failing for a day. It has since changed back to verified, but I no longer trust the drive. I picked up a new drive, and am trying to figure out the best way to migrate over. Is there any downside to cloning the drive? Should I do a fresh install and manually transfer all the files?
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The failing S.M.A.R.T. message may have been a glitch... what are the actual S.M.A.R.T. values?
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I regularly clone my drive as a backup procedure. Works fine for me.
If you do a clean install, you can always use Migration Assistant to copy over your current files.
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how do I check the actual smart values?
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Posting Junkie
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Originally Posted by Weezer
how do I check the actual smart values?
Take a look at the programs this guy used (in the 5th to last post). I'm not sure which one told him.
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I would not clone a drive which is failing. Instead, try to only get the data you need. Sometimes a few bad sectors make it impossible for you to clone something, although you still might be able to recover the data you need. (Diskwarrior can't help you when the actual hardware is failing, by the way.)
Also, if you say the drive has been acting up before, I would not wait, but put in your new one ASAP. Copy the files you need, you can install OS X for instance and then use the migration assistant to copy over all settings, applications and users. Much easier than cloning, IMHO. You still might be forced to install some software (e. g. fink unix software or so).
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