Cloning a CF card written in a proprietary format. Seeking suggestions for USB card reader, software, etc. [more inside]
posted by exogenous on Oct 15, 2009 - 6 answers

What's the best way to get a laptop ready for a sibling's trip to college? [more inside]
posted by yellowbkpk on Aug 3, 2009 - 22 answers

Is it possible to boot a cloned MacBook drive onto a Mac Mini and continue about my business? [more inside]
posted by prggr on Mar 26, 2009 - 3 answers

Can a drive that is encrypted with software-based full disk encryption be cloned? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 9, 2008 - 5 answers

For a new iMac running Windows XP, I need to mirror/clone the display so it shows the same on the monitor and a projector. The graphics driver (for an ATI Mobiity Radeon HD 2600XT) doesn't support mirroring, but the iMac does it automatically. But the monitor and the projector have very different aspect ratios, and the same screen size gets applied to both. Is there a way to set two different screen sizes? There's nothing under the display preferences. Any third party software that would work?
posted by hydrophonic on Sep 9, 2008 - 6 answers

Cloning Vista SP1 OEM? Questions inside... [more inside]
posted by colecovizion on Aug 25, 2008 - 7 answers

My XP Home running laptop hard drive has started making clicking and grinding sounds. Previous questions cover cloning the hard drive. This is more desirable than reinstalling everything or just backing up My Documents and Settings. Is it possible to create a clone or an image or something that is stored on my home server indefinitely, so that once my hard drive does die I can use it to recreate the current settings on a new drive?
posted by billtron on Jun 14, 2008 - 8 answers

I have a "perfect" MS Vista setup that I need to clone or deploy to another 20 computers. The hardware is identical and it all needs to be done in a hurry. [more inside]
posted by chairish on Apr 5, 2008 - 13 answers

The disk in my MBP was upgraded from 100GB to 250GB. They used a hardware disk to disk copier that just cloned the drive, bit for bit. Now, I want to grow my 100GB partition to fill up the new space, however Disk Utility only sees the drive as 100GB. I know there are some $100 utilities out there, but I am a geek and want to do it for free. [more inside]
posted by dhammala on Jan 15, 2008 - 17 answers

My google-fu only goes so far: I'm looking for succinct summaries, explanations, and justifications of various religions' opinions/support/criticism on human cloning... [more inside]
posted by weaponsgradecarp on Dec 4, 2007 - 2 answers

Can I back up / clone my Mac HD to an external HD then swap the Main and external drives? [more inside]
posted by sandra_s on Nov 12, 2007 - 15 answers

Yahoo Answers/Quomon.com software clone recommendations? [more inside]
posted by Zinger on Aug 10, 2007 - 1 answer

One of the disks in my hardware RAID 0 system drive array is failing, but it's still booting for the moment. Is there any tool I can use to clone just the failing physical disk to another identical one? [more inside]
posted by nnovik on Jul 6, 2007 - 9 answers

I want to install a bigger hard drive to my laptop. How do I clone the current hard drive to the new one so I don't have to reinstall windows on the new disk? [more inside]
posted by Mave_80 on May 9, 2007 - 10 answers

I'd like to know how to clone DVDs on a Mac. [more inside]
posted by wolfsleepy on Feb 21, 2007 - 11 answers

We need multiple laptops to have identical computing environments, with the ability to have them updated en masse. What is the best way? [more inside]
posted by milquetoast on Nov 28, 2006 - 5 answers

4 Bigshot users. Highly customized profiles. All getting new (different) hardware. How do I get the new machines "the way I had it before" for them without spending a week re-doing all the software customizing that they can't tell me how they did in the first place? [more inside]
posted by bartleby on Nov 6, 2006 - 11 answers

"No, I'm your husband." "No, shoot him! He's the imposter!" Where'd this come from? [more inside]
posted by papakwanz on Nov 5, 2006 - 27 answers

I need to make an exact clone of a MacBook Pro drive onto an external (fw) drive, which will then be used as the MBP's internal drive. [more inside]
posted by lorimer on Oct 9, 2006 - 9 answers

Please help me with a Hard Drive "Tower of Hanoi" puzzle. [more inside]
posted by bartleby on Sep 25, 2006 - 6 answers

In Windows XP: Migrating from the general Administrator Account to a Personal User Account...how? [more inside]
posted by MaverickX on Jul 19, 2006 - 7 answers

I live in Canada and cannot buy Marzetti Original Slaw Dressing. I have tried twice, but cannot get the egg taste. Even with 3 eggs, sugar and oil in a double boiler, I cannot get the taste right. Can anyone help?
posted by bright77blue on May 14, 2006 - 5 answers

Please identify a plant for me given this description: [more inside]
posted by BuddhaInABucket on Apr 6, 2006 - 8 answers

How do I best clone a hard disk with bad sectors, when the PC spontaneously reboots upon hitting said bad sectors? [more inside]
posted by kindall on Oct 4, 2005 - 7 answers

When I open a new window in Firefox, it opens to my home page. In Explorer, new windows opened to the same URL as the existing open window, which I much prefer. How can I change my settings so that Firefox will do the same and I'm not forced to trudge back to Explorer?
posted by foxy_hedgehog on Dec 28, 2004 - 16 answers

Another boooooring computer question - sorry!

How do I clone a HD in a win2k system? My system's boot hd is a 20g 5400 rpm. I'd like to swap it for a 20 g 7200 rpm which is sitting at the moment in an external firewire enclosure. I also have 150g in an internal RAID array.

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posted by magullo on May 20, 2004 - 5 answers

Of all the free metafilter clones which one would you recommend as the best for someone who knows html, but not really any programming? What makes it good? [more inside]
posted by rhyax on Jan 17, 2004 - 2 answers