Re: disk mirroring

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"Talal Itani" <titani@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I use my XP Computer to run a small business. I want to create an exact
image of my C drive. Which software do you recommend? Can the IDE drive I
mirror to reside in an external USB case?

Talal Itani


Mirroring is described here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redundant_array_of_independent_disks
See RAID 0+1.

What you apparently want is an on-hand clone from your description. In your
case regarding your potential solution, I would keep an updated image (not a
clone) on the USB drive. Keep a backup drive available to restore the image
to in event of the current hard drive failing.
--
Dave

Apathy and denial are close cousins


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