Re: HardDrive Image Copy

Good Points, Thanks for following up. I just stick with DI6 because
I still like to do Imaging from a DOS boot environment. It's also
more convenient when I'm working a customer's PC. Sooner or
later I'll probably move on to "Hot Imaging" or when Longhorn
appears with a new NTFS version that forces me to upgrade. I
still see a few copies of DI6 at places like Office Depot and Staples.
Workarounds are a way of life with computers. Sometimes I'll give
a customer a Error Letter code, Like F. They ask and I tell them
their problem is Letter F but we will have to fix or resolve A-E to
be able to work on F.

"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e9B$TaWfFHA.3692@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> DI2002/6.0 is only available in as a companion to DI 7.0 what few retail
> markets that still carry it. This CD boots to the DI 7.0 recovery
> environment.
>
> There may be available DI2002 as a standalone product on CD, but was
> unable
> to locate it.
>
> In addition, if using DI2002 from the windows environment, and imaging the
> XP partition, you may have a problem if the "VFD" file is compressed by
> windows XP on a XP NTFS partition due to lack of usage. The virtual
> floppy
> cannot be properly created as a result. Its fixable, but another headache
> to fix.
>
> "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23I22uvJfFHA.1284@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Many Imaging program installer disks are bootable or they have
>> a utility to create a Boot floppy. Without a floppy drive, you can
>> create a Bootable CD-R equivalent.
>> What I do for notebook clients is the following. Using Drive Image
>> 2002 & Partition Magic.
>> Shrink the existing C: or System Partition to leave unallocated
>> space at the end of the drive. Create a dedicated Image partition.
>> Boot to the CD-R Drive Image disk. Image the Windows partition
>> to the new (Images) partition & perform a verify operation.
>> Boot back to Windows & use Image Explorer to navigate around
>> the image set (.PQI) and ensure the image is usable.
>> Finally, I burn the Image set to CD-R/DVD-R disks (Set Drive
>> Image to span disks at the size of the notebooks burner capability.
>> (670 Meg each, if CD-R).
>> Using this method, you keep a recoverable image on the disk in
>> the separate partition & have the external copy for safety purposes.
>> You can burn the image set directly to CD-R/DVD-R, but it's slow
>> and sometimes has issues with the verification pass.
>> This process or a modified version would work for you to clone
>> your existing XP instance to the new drive.
>>
>> "A.M" <alanalan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:u1juonJfFHA.3912@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Thanks for reply.
>> >
>> > But NG needs a floppy drive to boot from. My laptop doesn't have any
>> > floppy drive.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Durby vend" <someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> > news:O9ZNomFfFHA.3448@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> norton ghost is the tool for this job.
>> >> HDD image can be clone through USB with version 9.0
>> >>
>> >> hope it help.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "A.M" <alanalan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:uh$N6OFfFHA.572@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I bought a new HDD for my Laptop and I need to image copy my old HDD
> to
>> >>> the new one. I want to do image copy so I don't have to install
>> >>> everything again.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> My Laptop doesn't have a floppy drive, but it does have USB2.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> How can I do the Image copy?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Any help would be appreciated,
>> >>>
>> >>> Alan
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>


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