Disk Imaging Software

RAID (not the bug spray)

"Larry" > wrote in message
news:Iia2g.3183$fG3.1772@dukeread09...
> You can't drag-copy an operating system like Windows
>
> TrueImage is like $49.
>
> -Larry
>
> "Jeff Reid" > wrote in message
> news:qI82g.29308$iU2.26513@fed1read01...
>>A second hard drive is a lot cheaper than the software
>> packages, and if you create multiple partitions, you
>> can just back up partitions.
>>
>> Installing a 2nd copy of your OS on another partition
>> will allow you to back up your primary OS partition.
>>
>>
>
>

Ditto. I couldn't agree more.

"Larry" > wrote in message
news:cAO0g.23052$s%6.22497@dukeread02...
>I used to use DriveImage, but it went into the crapper after version 2002.
>Then symantec bought PowerQuest and as far as I know, it was a buy & Shelve
>purchase because I've not seen any updates in a few years.
>
> I now use Acronis TrueImage.
>
> Not a big fan of Ghost.
>
> -Larry
>
> "Darus" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> As I often install and uninstall games, apps, drivers, etc., my
>> computers gets a bit sloppy in performance. I am anticipating a full
>> format and reinstall of XP, plus all my racing sims, sometime in the
>> coming weeks.
>>
>> My goal this time is to format, then reinstall everything to a "basic"
>> level (NR2003 plus 1.1 patch, plus BGN, CTS, PTA, IROC, plus the JJ
>> Johnston/Superspeedway.net updates, as an example) and then do a hard
>> drive image or clone which will allow me to more easily "fall back" to
>> the pristine condition that I have right after the format.
>>
>> Is there a recommendation for the software to do this? Norton Ghost 10
>> and True Image 9.0 seem to the be most frequently mentioned titles. Any
>> upside/downside to these programs that anyone wants to comment on?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
>

I got one of those too

-Larry

"Mitch" > wrote in message
om...
> RAID (not the bug spray)
>
> "Larry" > wrote in message
> news:Iia2g.3183$fG3.1772@dukeread09...
>> You can't drag-copy an operating system like Windows
>>
>> TrueImage is like $49.
>>
>> -Larry
>>
>> "Jeff Reid" > wrote in message
>> news:qI82g.29308$iU2.26513@fed1read01...
>>>A second hard drive is a lot cheaper than the software
>>> packages, and if you create multiple partitions, you
>>> can just back up partitions.
>>>
>>> Installing a 2nd copy of your OS on another partition
>>> will allow you to back up your primary OS partition.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

> I usually create images of windows drives using the linux console. Say
> your windows partition lives on drive C: (/dev/hda1), and linux with
> ample amount of extra space for backup lives somewhere else, you can
> create an exact copy of your windows partition using something like
>
> dd if=/dev/hda1 | bzip2 --fast > my_image.bz2
>
>
> Once you want to reinstall, boot up Linux and do a
>
>
> bzip2 -cd my_image.bz2 | dd of=/dev/hda1
>
> please note this is off the top of my head, so some manpage reading
> might be required.

The problem with doing it that way is that it doesn't examine the file
structure on, say, an NTFS partition. So even files that you've deleted
still get backed up. Conseqently, the image file is likely to be much
larger than with Ghost and would probably take make much longer to
backup/restore. Am I right?