Cymbal Man Freq. said:
The Perfect Backup Approach by Gene Barlow: He used
to sell PQ's Drive Image products until Symantec bought
it out and incorporated it into Norton Ghost 9.
Now he extolls the virtues of Acronis.
http://www.rcsi.org/Newsletter/2004/Oct04Monitor.pdf
Other newsletters from the same organization:
http://www.rcsi.org/newsletr.htm
I use Casper XP for cloning my entire system partition.
to another HD - either a "secondary" internal HD or a HD on a
removable tray. If you have to switch systems, all you have to
do is reboot, reset the BIOS's HD boot order so that it sends
control to the secondary HD, then let it start up the clone system.
Casper XP is downloadable in free trial form from FSS Dev's
website at
http://www.fssdev.com/products/casperxp/ . I put
archive versions of my primary system onto a large capacity HD
(which True Image cannot do) which is housed in a removable
HD tray that is made by Kingwin. I've found that their model
with the fan in bottom of the removable tray keeps the HD nice
and cool. It's all aluminum, and you can currently find the rack
and tray set on the Web going for $24. See Kingwin's website
for details:
http://www.kingwin.com/pdut_detail.asp?LineID=&CateID=25&ID=136
You can use several trays, each with a different HD, and use them
with the same rack. I've seen just the tray going for around $14.
When you make a clone, though, be sure to start up the new clone
for the 1st time with its "parent" system not visible to it. You can do
this by unplugging the "parent" HD. If you don't, the clone will
permanently depend on the presence of its "parent", and it will
never become an independent "adult" system. After its first bootup,
the new clone can be booted with the "parent" present, and it will
see the "parent" as just another partition having an accessible file
structure.
*TimDaniels*
