If I asked this years ago I don't recall where to find it. How is the
Raw Copy tool loaded from a bootable CD to clone one disk to another.

Why is it called Raw Copy tool as opposed to a cloner? As I recall it hacs something to do with recording errors along with data.

Please bring me up to date on this.

I have the Hirens Boot CD. How does it find the Raw Copy tool? I don't recall seeing on it's list. Also have there been recent revisions or updates to it?

I'm looking for this kind of tool for my toolbox to use all the time not as an emergency utility.

In that regard, when using the Raw Copy tool is it recommended to use a boot refresh routine prior to the Raw Copy? By this I mean: On the Win7 install disk, should one run the Fixmbr and Fixboot routines from the Dos shell?

I'll have to look up ddrescue. I have been in that spot. If such things as refresh are not needed until they are _needed_ then I'll take your advice.

I've found pen drives to be a problem. The Linux routines under which a boot install can be done to a thumb drive and the programs that do so are not smooth to install. That may have changed but I think a good idea is a bootable thumbdrive with no dual operating system required. Microsoft has been a barrier to doing so.