Thank you, Sharon.

Nothing you did or said was an issue for me.

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
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"Sharon F" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 2 Jun 2004 12:08:23 -0700, Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows
Shell/User) wrote:

Okay, William, I apologize for my stridency, your post just seemed to
touch
a raw nerve with me. I understand your frustration and don't blame you
for
being annoyed, you are justifiably so.

The Symantec newsgroup to which I pointed you is a user to user, peer
support group much the same as this group. They may point you toward
Norton
Ghost, a very good product that I have used as well. As such, you might
be
able to explain to the users what you are trying to do, what errors
you've
received and they may be able to tell you why you've been having trouble
(Which may require an in-depth description of the procedure you followed)
or
if what you are trying to do can be done. You should be able to get more
their than what you get from the Symantec website or their e-mail tech
support.

Michael, I hope I didn't put an extra twist in this. I have great respect
for your knowledge and abilities. Apologies to you if anything I said made
you uncomfortable as that was not my intention. Your help in William's
experiments has been amazing and a learning experience for me.

Personally, I've used Drive Image and Image for Windows to create
compressed images of a drive. Have also restored those images
successfully.
However, I've never created a cloned drive/copied drive/imaged drive that
can be dropped into place to run the operating system.
--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User