Re: Backup Software rcommendation

"Bill in Co." <not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OsPn8$FjIHA.5208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

IMO it's a stack of Casper hype. Both Acronis True Image and Norton Ghost
can do the same job and much more for an approximate same cost. Cloned
drives are not meant to be used as restore/recovery disks. They are as
stated by many, an "exact" disk copy of another disk that is interchangeable
"of the moment" should the original fail for any number of reasons. It would
be a senseless waste of time to use a cloned drive for restore.

Perhaps, but I'm not sure that is necessarily true, is it? It depends on the time involved in making and restoring the clone back to the source drive, doesn't it?

Bill, you are truly "discombobulated" (really confused) on the difference between a Clone and an Image.

When one uses an application such as ATI, Ghost or Casper to "Clone" disk(s), all data ("information") on the disk(s) platters that are selected to be cloned is written to the "recipient" disks platters. Depending on the app used, *this has been a debate drudgery", the "Clone is a Sector x Sector, Byte x Byte replica including the MBR//MFT of the "Donor" disk.
When the clone is completed, the "recipient" disk has the same data on it that is on the "donor" disk and it should be stored in a what the user deems a relatively safe haven. To minorly clarify, a cloned disk is an "exact" replica of a "donor" disk, if the "donor" fails for any reason all one has to do is shut down the PC, swap out the disks and reboot to be back up and running again. *Keep in mind that any cloned disk(s) can be and are prone to conditional issues already present on the "donor" disk at the point in time the clone is created.

OR one could do the same thing (probably more expediently) by just imaging it instead of cloning it (which is what I've been doing with TI)

Although not scientifically exact in a manner of my wording, an "Image" is an exact copy of all data ("information") on the disk(s) platters that are selected to be cloned is written to the "recipient" disks platters. Depending on the app used, *this has been a debate drudgery", the "Image is a compressed Sector x Sector, Byte x Byte replica including the MBR//MFT of the "Donor" disk.. Think of an "Image" being like that of a Zip file.


I believe Casper can also do an image operation too, like TI can, so in that one sense, they're comparable.

Not from the information that I've seen.


But I guess one difference might be that Casper allows you to clone the drive, and very quickly as changes are made on a day to day basis, which I don't think TI can do.

ATI and/or Ghost are no different in that aspect in any way that I have seen as of yet.


Again, I only have only been using Acronis True Image 11 up to this point, and doing the full image/restore bit for my system drive (using an external USB hard drive enclosure for backup), with good success, although I'm tempted to consider trying Casper too.

That's your choice as well as any others who wish to IMO take the bait, we all live in a "free" world from what I've been told.


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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Windows Desktop User Experience }
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