Re: Cloning


"Anna" <myname@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Am a little gun shy due to what the Seagate (Acronis) diskwizard did.
Attempted to clone one identical hard drive to another on same bus
system. The results were that the source XP partition was unable to boot
after that. Message stated could not find hal.dll or was corrupted.
Similar with clone. Used the Diskwizard boot CD for doing the clone.

Also, I backed up the partition to another ide hard as images using
diskwizard. Those restorations were botched as well using the Seagate
(Acronis) diskwizard.

Hardware: onboard SATA (not II). Two identical 250GB Seagate SATA IIs
jumpered as SATA (not II). Configured as master and slave on the
primary ide via bios settings. XP works great on the first drive.

I can copy individual partition from one Seagate drive to the other
using Partition Commander. The result is a workable XP on 2nd Seagate.
Also found that I could restore previous images done with DriveImage 7.0
to either SATA drives. Logical partitions with software install
software and personal data is also hidden on the 2nd Seagate drive.

Using boot manager and partition commander to hide partitions. No other
OS is ever visible to the other.

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 Pro-G
Two Seagate Sata II hard drives configured via bios as master and slave
on primary ide. Nothing on the actual primary ide bus.
TDK 4X dvd writer as master on secondary ide.
Sources for image files:
Firewire hard drive
Hard drives in removable trays connected to a Promise Ultra133 TX2 card.
Images on Sony DVDs connected to same card.
TDK 4X DVD

Am looking for cloning software that works from boot media that I can
clone one Seagate to the other successfully. I can work out the
partition hiding afterwards. The purpose is to have an onboard workable
clone if needed.

Please don't suggest Acronis software.
Dave


Dave:
Since I notice you're a frequent contributor & commentator on these MS XP
newsgroups perhaps you came across a recent posting of mine - I can't
remember the specific NG I posted it to - re my comments on the Casper
4.0 disk cloning program. If you did see it, what is of any interest to
you? If you (or anyone else interested in this subject) want me to post
them again, I'll be glad to do so.
Anna


"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Although it may work, sounds suspiciously like a linux based program
designed primarily for Mac systems. I still get email from Novastor
mailsite in that regards. Casper 5.0 is now available I see. Prefer
something Window PE based if on bootable media.

Price is a bit high considering all I want is clone software, nothing
else.
Dave


Dave:
AFAIK, Casper 4.0 (http://www.fssdev.com) is the latest version. You may be
confusing this program with one that's entirely different. I believe there
was (or is) another program using the same "Casper" name that was designed
for Macs, but that software has nothing to do with the program we're
discussing.

First of all, setting aside whatever foundation the Casper 4.0 uses to carry
out its basic disk-cloning function, all I can tell you (and others) is as
I've previously stated - the program works just fine. It's become our
disk-cloning program of choice. In the final analysis isn't that what's of
interest to us?

I assume you've seen my detailed posting re this program. You've probably
noticed that in addition to employing the program from the Windows GUI,
Casper also has available a "Startup Disk", in effect a bootable CD with the
Casper program so that you can use that media to carry out the disk-cloning
operation in lieu of the GUI.

It is true that compared with other disk-cloning/disk imaging programs, the
Casper 4.0 program is more expensive - just under $60. All I can tell you is
that based on our experience with the program (and the feedback we've
received from our users to whom we've recommended this program), it's worth
every penny. You might want to re:read my previous post on this program.
Anna





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