Re: Copy disk to disk?

From: Sean C. Ornery (sean.c_ornery_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:52:49 -0000

Sorry - I hadn't intended to "shoot the messenger": I was just astonished
that a program entitled Automatic System Recovery did not facilitate just
that. I'm sure I was just being naive.

Many thanks for your advice. 

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"Darrell" <nospam@cox.net> wrote in message
news:y3r_b.18$h23.5@fed1read06...
> It does little good to "shoot the messenger" with tales of why it's dumb
> that a backup won't work to make a new drive work like the old one.  He's
> telling you the truth.  A backup is not "installable".  It can only be
used
> to overwrite existing files/folders.
>
> If you want to be able to do that you need 3rd party software.  I use
Drive
> Image 7 for making my image of my hard drive.  I have an external USB 2.0
> hard drive of 40GB capacity.  I write my image there.  If I couldn't even
> access my hard drive for some reason but the drive still worked, I can
boot
> to my DI 7 CD and restore my hard drive from the image back up.  It is
> supposed to return everything the way it was during the image backup.
>
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> "Sean C. Ornery" <sean.c_ornery@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:Fap_b.2255$Vv.1513@newsfe2-gui.server.ntli.net...
> > This gets worse and worse.  No-one will bother to use backup of
Gigabytes
> of
> > information to floppy disk.  If the program will not write to CD's, what
> > devices are valid as backup medium?  Floppies only, tape or some other
> > 1970's technology?  I accept what you say concerning other backup
> suppliers
> > but MS operating systems include cleanup, defragment and other such
> > utilities - either of their own design, or licensed from third parties.
> Why
> > is such a crucial part of a proper operating system as a modern means to
> > back up and recover not included?
> >
> > What, then, is Automated System Recovery for?  The help says that it is
> "for
> > system recovery in the event of a system failure".  What good is this if
> you
> > cannot recover from a crashed disk?
> >
> >
> > "Yves Leclerc" <yleclercNOSPAM@maysys.com> wrote in message
> > news:ufOr1qh%23DHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > XP's built-in backup does not allow the access to CD-R(W) drives.  You
> > will
> > > need to find a third party backup software.
> > >
> > > Also, the reason the built-in backup will not backup the entire system
> is
> > > the fact that if MS included the feature, what would the other
> publishers
> > of
> > > backup software do??  Whenever MS adds a complete feature to Windows,
> some
> > > other publisher will have problems selling their software.  Remember:
> > > Netscape was the market leader in Internet browsers until MS Internet
> > > Explorer came into importance for MS.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Sean C. Ornery" <sean.c_ornery@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> > > news:Zsn_b.10616$Ar.9579@newsfe5-gui.server.ntli.net...
> > > > Is this right?  What would be the point of doing a system backup if
> you
> > > > couldn't restore the system to a new hard disk when your previous
> system
> > > > disk had crashed irrecoverably?
> > > >
> > > > Backup suggests that ASR will meet my needs, but how do I write a
> backup
> > > to
> > > > CDR-W?
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > > Reply only to Newsgroup, please.  This email address is solely for
> > > spammers.
> > > > Regards to all,  Roger Cordrey
> > > >
> > > > "DILIP" <dilipr@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:uBQvP8f%23DHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > > > Hi
> > > > > To copy a system drive completely, you would normally need to use
a
> > disk
> > > > > imaging software such as Norton Ghost or Drive Image.  It's not
> > possible
> > > > > with a regular copy or backup since system files won't get
> > > > > duplicated/copied.
> > > > >
> > > > > -- 
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> this
> > > for
> > > > > fun as of now.
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as
> > and
> > > > when
> > > > > I'm free.
> > > > > "Sean C. Ornery" <sean.c_ornery@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:ddl_b.2227$Vv.2029@newsfe2-gui.server.ntli.net...
> > > > > > I have upgraded from W98 and now find that I have a fairly full
> > system
> > > > > disk.
> > > > > > I want to transfer the entire system to a bigger drive D: which
I
> > can
> > > > > clear
> > > > > > for the purpose.  How can I do this so that I can remove the
> current
> > > C:
> > > > > and
> > > > > > boot from the current D: drive?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have tried Backup but it seems to require that I copy to
either
> > > floppy
> > > > > > diskettes or to the removable media in my camera!  I cannot get
> the
> > > > > program
> > > > > > to backup to my CDR-W drive.  Or am I missing something?
> > > > > >
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for
> > > > > spammers.
> > > > > > Regards to all,  Roger Cordrey
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