Re: Casper 5 - One for Anna

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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:59:25 -0700, "Bill in Co."
<not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Can't do that with Casper, because it only has ONE "backup" to restore
from.


OK, I'm STILL confused about some of this, even after all the discussions
we've had here before on this, including some with Anna. You say Casper
has only ONE backup to restore from, but I thought with Casper you could
also make multiple, partition type clone backups to the backup drive,
storing several different partition copies over there, so that you could
choose which one (somewhat analogous to which image) to restore from.

More...

Your being "confused" seems to be a consistent element in your past
discussions involving Casper and ATI. I think part of that confusion
is related to your not properly differentiating between the terms
"image" and "clone".

It's very simple: an "image" is A FILE - a compressed snapshot of
whatever has been "imaged".

A "clone" is HARD DRIVE or a PARTITION that has been made to be an
exact copy of a different hard drive or partition.

It is important to use the terms "image" and "clone" properly, and to
not use them as interchangeable terms for "copy".
.

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