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Old January 30th 09, 04:06 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics,microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Bill in Co.
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Default Using Casper 5 disk-cloning program to clone multi-partitioned HDD

Richie Hardwick wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:11:57 -0700, "Bill in Co."
wrote:

I just checked and my C drive C:\Windows folder is dated June 20, 2008
1:48 PM and so is my C:\Windows on my backup, cloned drive.


I am NOT talking about the case of cloning a source drive, which makes a
perfect clone of the source drive.

I *am* talking about partition copying, apparently called "Copy Drive" in
Casper. Like the case mentioned where the source drive partition size
was
supposedly 27 GB *in capacity* and the destination drive partition was
supposedly 37 GB in capacity (and NOT the amount of DATA).

Both types of information (disk partition capacity and used data space)
can
be determined by using Windows Explorer with a right mouse click on the
drive letter in windows explorer and reading the information there.

And presumably there ARE different folder AND subfolder dates of the
folders
on the destination drive (which I am saying will all be date stamped with
the date the copy is made!). THAT is what specifically needs to be
checked.

UNLESS both the source and destination partitions are identical in SIZE
(meaning capacity) and all folder/subfolder datetime stamps, they are NOT
really identical.


YOU are a moron. A thick-skulled idiot.


That's right, go for the ad hominems, Richie. And that says more about
you, than me, (but I imagine that concept is a bit advanced for you).

You apparently haven't even taken the time to look at the User Guide.


True, I don't have it, or Casper installed at this point. I was asking
about it, but getting some pretty ambiguous answers, yourself included.

If no one here understands what a sector-to-sector copy is, which is the
only true and identical partition copy process, I can't help that.


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