Clone vs. Image

[Guest]

Normally the password for symantec product is SYMANTEC

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Actually, the verification only checks that all files were included in
the image. It is not a verification that the image will restore
properly, or at all.

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

O.K.

Scratch That.

It also seems to mirror what Iomega Automatic Backup Pro verification
involves -- just checking the log.

Back to square one.

Trusting something to happen flawlessly -- and yet never actually giving it
the acid test -- is a formula for disaster and disappointment.

DSH

 

[dg1261]

Actually, the verification only checks that all files were included in the
image. It is not a verification that the image will restore properly, or
at all.

Then you're using the wrong product. I use exclusively BootIt-NG, Drive
Image 2002, Ghost 2003, and their predecessors. It is indeed verification
the image will restore properly. With over 1200 restores in more than a
decade, I have had zero failures when an image verified.

 

[Ted Zieglar]

I'm happy for you. But it's not because of verification.

 

[Fruit2O]

Yes, understood.

But that's not a complete drill.

I want to restore and make SURE.

Can't be done without a guinea-pig computer -- an extra one?

No, not at this time.

 

[Fruit2O]

Most of the programs include an option to test/check/verify/validate the
image. That's a good idea because sometimes the image gets corrupted,
either because the utility messed up or the image file got stepped on
afterward. But if the image verifies, it *will* restore.

Is Acronis a good program and will it do this?

 

[Fruit2O]

O.K.

Scratch That.

It also seems to mirror what Iomega Automatic Backup Pro verification
involves -- just checking the log.

Back to square one.

Trusting something to happen flawlessly -- and yet never actually giving it
the acid test -- is a formula for disaster and disappointment.

DSH

I will always, from now on, test my clone as soon as I make it.

 

[Fruit2O]

Then you're using the wrong product. I use exclusively BootIt-NG, Drive
Image 2002, Ghost 2003, and their predecessors. It is indeed verification
the image will restore properly. With over 1200 restores in more than a
decade, I have had zero failures when an image verified.

Then why do you use more than one program for Imaging?

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

O.K. Thanks.

DSH

No, not at this time.

 

[D. Spencer Hines]

No one seems to be using Iomega Automatic Backup Pro.

Are there problems with it?

DSH

 

[dg1261]

Then why do you use more than one program for Imaging?

Depends on what program the client has. I'll make the image in either DI or
Ghost format if that's what program they have a license for. If they buy
Ghost 9/10, I'll use Ghost 2003 because that comes in the same box.
Otherwise, I recommend they purchase Terabyte's BootIt-NG or Image for DOS,
since DI and Ghost 2003 are no longer being developed.

 

[dg1261]

I'm happy for you. But it's not because of verification.

Suit yourself. The OP can choose who he wishes to believe.