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> On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 15:30:15 +0200, "Linea Recta" <mccm.vos@abc.net>
> wrote:
>
> >> They both have "the same #?" Do you mean that when you run Ghost, it
> >> identifies both of them as "Drive 0" or both as "Drive 1?"
> >> Or do you mean that the number representing their size is the same?
> >>
> >> Your MB doesn't perchance have the capability of installing these two
> >> drives as a RAID 1 array, does it? It really sounds like you might be
> >> better off with a mirrored RAID setup. If you want to do it by
> >> cloning, though, the only reliable way is to clone it every day, and
> >> that's kind of a pain.
> >> Another way, although not free, is by IMAGING your C: drive onto the
> >> other drive rather than CLONING it. For this, you could use Ghost or
> >> Drive Image, but there are two much better solutions, and both run
> >> from within Windows. These are PowerQuest's (now Symantec's) V2i
> >> Protector Desktop (about $70, XP and 2000 only) and Acronis True Image
> >> 7 (about $50 and I think it runs in all versions of Windows). They
> >> are similar to Ghost and Drive Image, but (and this is a big "but")
> >> they can make INCREMENTAL backups.
> >
> >
> >Do these also support all file systems? FAT32, NTFS? And writing to
CD/DVD+
> >and USB/firewire hard drive?
>
> Do they support all file systems? Yes, because what they do really
> has nothing to do with files systems, anyway.
I asked because I can remember the time that Ghost didn't support NTFS
drives.
> They simply make
> sector-by-sector images of your hard drive and restore them exactly
> the same way.
Like Ghost 2003.
> They both run under Windows for backup purposes, and,
> as such, they run on any file system that supports Windows. For
> restoring an entire drive, you would boot from the recovery CD which
> is, again, independent of file system on the computer.
>
> V2i Protector will not write directly to DVD or CD, but it does have
> the option of writing its backup images in either 600-MB or 4.5-GB
> segments so that copying to CD or DVD is extremely simple.
> I can't answer the DVD or CD-writing question for True Image, but I'm
> sure it's readily answered on the Acronis Web site.
I'll have a look around.
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