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I am trying to clone a harddrive with important data to another harddrive to make sure we can keep those files safe.

Now my old HD is a 500GB 3.5" and the new one is 1TB 3.5". My old HD is plugged directly to my computer and the new HD is plugged with an HD enclosure.

Once I mount the harddrive, I see all the files, no problem. I can copy some files over without a problem. But when I try to copy all files over, its starts to transfer them and then stops after 30 seconds and all files on the old HD are unreadable.

Now, I tried using Clonezilla to clone the old HD to the new HD. It started copying and then after about 30 seconds it said "Could not complete".

When I try and clone the HD by using dd, it give me "I/O errors, 0 bytes transferred".

Any solutions for this? What could be the problem?

Thanks everyone,

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  • Have you just tried copyin the important ones?
    – cutrightjm
    Aug 20, 2012 at 18:20
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    We have about 20GB of pictures. 30 seconds after starting to copy them over, the files become unreadable. I need to be able to move them all over to the new HD.
    – Karl
    Aug 20, 2012 at 18:27
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    Try using dd_rescue instead. It will skip over bad sectors.
    – jmreicha
    Aug 20, 2012 at 18:34
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    Clonezilla also has a "rescue" option. Aug 20, 2012 at 19:03
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    Last I saw, there was just a (sadly, hidden) checkbox labelled -rescue under expert mode: sourceforge.net/projects/clonezilla/forums/forum/663168/topic/… Aug 21, 2012 at 2:15

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To answer "What could be the problem?", I suggest a review of permissions. If the permissions are set to limit access or function, it could result in the situation you are describing.

Open "Computer">Right click your source drive (or open to a particular file, if you are pulling over certain files) Click security tab Click Edit Tick Allow for all users Click OK

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  • This is on Windows OS?
    – Karl
    Sep 5, 2012 at 15:54
  • @Karl Yes That would be for Windows.
    – Carl B
    Sep 6, 2012 at 1:32

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