Just about to use true image...one question

daveydave · 3 Jan 2007 at 13:28

Just about to use true image...one question {New Problem}

guys im about to put a 500gb spinpoint (sataII) in my rig and transfer over about 300-350 gb of data over...The 2 drives already in there are a barracuda and a hitatchi. Both PATA. Can someone advise me as to roughly how long it will take? Thanks

daveydave · 3 Jan 2007 at 13:42

any input welcome guys...even if you've transfered less at least i can double the times or something to give me a rough idea

basmic · 3 Jan 2007 at 13:42

Assuming it's transferring 350gb at 60mb/sec:

350 * 1024 = 358400mb
358400 / 60 = 5973.33 seconds to do the total transfer
5973.33 / 60 = 99.55 minutes
99.55 / 60 = 1.66 hours, or 1 hour and 40 minutes

gunner · 3 Jan 2007 at 13:47

True Image will tell you how long it will take in minutes once you start the sheduled task. If its too long you can cancel it and do it later. Any further backups will take a lot less time as they are much smaller.

daveydave · 3 Jan 2007 at 14:10

basmic said:
Assuming it's transferring 350gb at 60mb/sec:

350 * 1024 = 358400mb
358400 / 60 = 5973.33 seconds to do the total transfer
5973.33 / 60 = 99.55 minutes
99.55 / 60 = 1.66 hours, or 1 hour and 40 minutes

i like your style! lol thanks

cheers too gunner

daveydave · 3 Jan 2007 at 16:53

New problem!! as stated before i have 2 pata drives i want copied over to a new single drive. i have copied the first one, but true image wont let me copy over the other drive now, saying that the destination must be empty? any ideas...how do i get my other drive over to this new drive

basmic · 3 Jan 2007 at 22:55

Sounds like it's partition copying to me. Partition the new drive into the capacity of the drives.

But say if you have 2 x 320gb drives and only use 180gb of space on one, and 200gb of space on the other - then, to be on the safe side, round up the used space to the nearest GB and create partitions that size.