Re: Using Drive Image with XP?

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"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Okay, you already have an image. Why can't you just restore that instead of
>copying????????????????
>
>P.S. Ghost 9.0 and the former DI 7.0 are alot faster because 1. you don't
>have to reboot, 2. Windows access to another partition or hard drive is not
>limited to slower disk access in dos like DI 6.0 relies on when imaging the
>boot partition. 3. If enabled, DMA can provide almost dual like access
>during reads/writes, not available in dos.
>
>"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:spjgh1ho2udu22l4d1d91l8h50sp0dvufj@xxxxxxxxxx
>> "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >Just keep doing what you're doing.
>> >Assuming you have the space, save an image of C: to G:.
>> >When C: fails, put in the DI boot diskettes and restore the image to F:.
>> >Pull the first hard drive out of the system and replace it with the 2nd
>hard
>> >drive. Course all this drive lettering will change when booting from the
>DI
>> >diskettes, even before restoring.
>> >
>> >Copying takes forever. Don't waste your time on this for regular backups
>of
>> >C: Imaging is faster and more likely to boot properly when restored.
>>
>> Thanks, appreciate your advice. However, I have already also made an
>> image of C on G:. (Took a fair while, containing all the data as it
>> does.) So I do have that restore option if necessary, if C: is still
>> accessible.
>>
>> But the attractions of making a *copy* are
>> - I can immediately test it, at no risk, unlike restoring a set of PQI
>> image files.
>> - We can use the PC even if C: is inaccessible, whether due to
>> hardware or OS, etc.
>>
>> So I just want to know if I can temporarily resize C: safely, so that
>> DI will let me copy it to E: Then I can resize C: back up to 40GB
>> again. From my subsequent study, it looks as if I *can* do this. But
>> it would be reassuring to hear from more experienced DI users before I
>> press on!
>>
>> Note that I don't intend to do this copy as a regular backup. After
>> much effort, we now have all the programs my wife uses on a regular
>> basis. Not much will change form now on. If, heaven forbid, we had
>> another disaster in a year from now, I reckon she would be able to
>> boot into E: and be instantly familiar with the environment.
>>
>> Maybe this should have been a separate post but... it hasn't increased
>> my confidence that DI just failed on *my* PC! While doing that long
>> image creation on my wife's PC, I decided I'd do a run on my own
>> system. My setup is:
>>
>> HD1
>> ---
>> C 12GB: Win XP Home SP1
>> D 44GB: All programs and data
>>
>> HD2
>> ---
>> E 12GB: Copy of WinXP made years ago
>> F 44GB: Backups
>>
>> It started OK, rebooted itself to 'Caldera DOS', and after half an
>> hour I left it chuntering away at a slow 47MB/min. (The wife's image
>> was going at 145MB/min.) But while having lunch, about an hour into
>> the run, I heard sound of my PC rebooting prematurely. On returning, I
>> found E: had vanished. I recreated it with XP Disk Manage, but of
>> course it's now empty ;-(
>>
>> I had run chkdsk /f on both C: and E: befoe running DI. And no
>> messages were displayed by DI before it crashed. So I'm at a loss to
>> know what might have caused this failure. Any ideas anyone please?
>>
>> Terry, UK
>

I don't think you can have read my post! As I said:
"But the attractions of making a *copy* are
- I can immediately test it, at no risk, unlike restoring a set of PQI
image files."

The reason for making the image (first) was to provide *additional*
backup. But it's *untested*. You're seriously suggesting I wipe out an
existing well-running OS just to test whether, if I ever need to do so
in earnest in the future, it will work?! Get serious <g>.

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

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