HD going bad

[Rodney M]

I have 2 hard drives on my computer, unfortunatly thr one with the operating system is going bad, starts beeping and says failure is immenrnt. Is there any way I can just cope thr operating ststem to the other hard drive without having to re-install it?

 

[phil22]

You can "clone" the failing drive on to the healthy one, provided the rated capacity of the healthy one is the same as (or more than) the failing one.

Please be aware however that cloning will fail if the faulty drive fails completely during the process.

There are five free cloning utilities here: http://technorati.com/technology/it/article/5-free-drive-cloning-software-to/