In this case I wanted to get a full copy of a hard disk contents – be able to view the files and folders and then place the partitions on to another similarly sized disks. After looking at a few of the tools that I normally use I came to the conclusion that I needed something slightly different.
Enter Active@ Disk Image.
This tool allowed me to create the disk image of the two disks – so I could roll back to the other if the approach I was taking was not successful and to transfer the full contents of one disk to the other.
Once completed the machine needed some repair work but now its back with the client and I have another tool to add to the software toolbox