MigrateEasy - Can't select old hard drive as source
I'm trying to clone a dying 120GB hd to a 500GB hd using Migrate Easy® version 7.0 (build 644) on an HP computer running WinXP SP3. Both disks are recognized in the BIOS and in Windows. Here is my setup:
IDE Primary hard disk 0 - Western Digital 120GB jumpered as Master (simple dynamic NTFS partition) - boot drive (C:)
IDE Primary hard disk 1 - Western Digital 500GB jumpered as Slave (basic primary NTFS partition) - new drive (D:)
Please see attached .JPG for the Windows Disk Management screenshot. As you can see, there is a portion of the dynamic drive that has failed (which is why I'm trying to clone my data to a new hard drive). I've been a computer tech for many years, but I confess I have zero experience with dynamic disks (and this is for a client, so I have no idea the history of this drive).
When using both the Windows and rescue CD disk versions of Migrate Easy, the following occurs:
I select Disk Clone, then Manual, then I'm at the screen to select the old source drive - it does not display the old 120GB drive, it only displays the new 500GB drive. As a test, I selected the new 500GB as the source, then at the next screen where I'm to select the new destination drive, it displays the old 120GB as a selection.
Why can Migrate Easy show the old 120GB as a selectable target, but not as a selectable source? Can you please help me reverse this condition? Thanks so much.
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That stinks. And seems odd, considering it saw the dynamic disk just fine as a target disk. Thanks for the reply, Colin.
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