"Bill in Co." wrote:

Mike Torello wrote:
"Bill in Co." wrote:

Mike Torello wrote:
"Bill in Co." wrote:

Again... download and take the time to digest the material in the user
guide. It is quite simple to follow - easier than one of Anna's
treatises... and might even include less text.

Too simple, to the point of being a bit too simplistic, although the
general
ideas are covered.

I'm talking about what partition copying IS, or is NOT. I've used
ATI,
BING, and PM, so I think I've got a pretty good understanding of the
*underlying concepts* here which have nothing to do with the specific
program being used, except as to which technique is or is not being
used.

You can keep this conversation alive if you like. I am satisfied that
the partition copying results in an IDENTICAL copy.

Pony up the bucks, try it out and report back if/when you find
differently. Until then all you can do is guess - and continue to
qualify your guesses with the disclaimer that you've never used the
program.

Actually, it won't take any guessing if you (or whoever) just check it
out
yourself.

To see if it is a bonafide sector-by-sector partition copy, look at the
sizes of the two partitions (i.e., on the source and destination drive)
after the operation is complete. And also look at the copied folder
date
and time stamps, and see if they are the same as on the source partition.
A true generational copy will also maintain the original folder and
subfolder dates, in addition to the sizes of the partitions themselves
(note: size of the partition, and NOT the amount of the data inside; BIG
difference there).

You are wrong again (who woulda thunk it!?). A partition/disk can be
cloned with the resulting clone being either larger, smaller or the
same size as the original.

That is NOT a partition copy, at the disk sector level. They are not
identical.

Also, did you, or did you not, check the folder dates on the destination
drive, to see if they were identical to those on the source drive partition?
I notice you didn't address that, and it would be useful to know. You
could easily check it in windows explorer.

OK... here's a hypothetical situation for YOU to think about -
everyone else sit back and lurk.

Remember: Casper uses the term "copy" when it clones.

System disk: 160gigs, two partitions, C (system) and D (misc. data,
none of it needed by any installed programs, none of it even referred
to by anything on C). C is 110gigs - 40gigs of it used. D is 50
gigs.

Second internal disk: 110gigs, two partitions, G and H. G: 55gigs, H
is the same.

If one uses Casper's partition copy (Copy a specific drive) to copy C
to G, what do you predict the result will be on G?

Predict the same if the first disk is only a single partition C, and
only 40 gigs of it is used.