Re: Disk Imaging Help Please

You wrote ". . . there is no joy". This is a colloquial expression
that means very little. I suggest you write exactly what happens
when you boot the machine with your Windows CD. You
should also state if you can boot your machine with any other
bootable CD.


"Jason" <Jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for the reply.

Anyone else have some thoughts?

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Jason" <Jason@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok, here is what I want to do:-

background: Currently have a server running our blackberry server.
This
server crashed and the HD fried. Re-build on new HD was extrememly
time
consuming (those familiar with BB will know what I'm on about!)

Now its rebuilt and working, I want to take an image of the drive and
restore it to a secondary drive (same make/model/size). Should the
active
drive fail, I want to be able to whip it out and put the imaged one
in,
then
boot as normal.

Problem: I've been advised to use drive snapshot
http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/ which I have to say is very good
however,
after restoring the image to the secondary drive, it will not simply
boot
into the O/S.

I understand this is becuase during the imaging, it (like all other
imaging
software) cannot copy system files that are open or in use.

Can anyone provide me with some advice on how I can do what I want to
do??

After having used a number of cloning tools, I would place
shapshot close to the bottom of the ladder. It does not cost
much and it has a number of serious drawbacks. Its advantage
is that it is fast and it requires no installation.

You should describe your server's boot failure in more detail.
It might be salvageable.

If you can afford it then you should use a more professional
package such as Acronis or DriveImage.

If you have the time to make yourself a Bart PE bood CD
then cloning a disk becomes as simple as using xcopy.exe
with the appropriate switches, plus possibly a little help to
make the cloned disk bootable. I have successfully used
all of these methods.





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