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Richie Hardwick wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:11:29 -0700, "Bill in Co." wrote: Well then it appears I didn't understand it fully. In this world nothing is certain but death, taxes and Bill's inability to ever fully understand Casper. Richie Hardwick Haven't used it. But I *have* used Partition Magic, Boot It NG, and Acronis True Image, unlike some here, which gives me a different perspective. |
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On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:32:02 -0700, "Bill in Co."
wrote: Richie Hardwick wrote: On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:11:29 -0700, "Bill in Co." wrote: Well then it appears I didn't understand it fully. In this world nothing is certain but death, taxes and Bill's inability to ever fully understand Casper. Richie Hardwick Haven't used it. Then perhaps you shouldn't be trying to explain it to anyone. Hmm? But I *have* used Partition Magic, Boot It NG, and Acronis True Image, unlike some here, which gives me a different perspective. Having a "different perspective" and being wrong are two different things. Stick to what you know and you'll cause everyone a lot less confusion. Richie Hardwick |
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"Bill in Co." wrote in message ... Haven't used it. But I *have* used Partition Magic, Boot It NG, and Acronis True Image, unlike some here, which gives me a different perspective. Bill: Unless I'm mistaken the "it" you refer to is the Casper 5 program. Are you indicating that in all this time we've discussed that program and have gone into extensive detail re its use & capabilities, etc., you haven't once used that program? Even the trial version? Anna |
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On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:35:18 -0500, "Anna" wrote:
"Bill in Co." wrote in message ... Haven't used it. But I *have* used Partition Magic, Boot It NG, and Acronis True Image, unlike some here, which gives me a different perspective. Bill: Unless I'm mistaken the "it" you refer to is the Casper 5 program. Are you indicating that in all this time we've discussed that program and have gone into extensive detail re its use & capabilities, etc., you haven't once used that program? Even the trial version? Anna Amazing, huh? Richie Hardwick |
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Anna wrote:
"Bill in Co." wrote in message ... Haven't used it. But I *have* used Partition Magic, Boot It NG, and Acronis True Image, unlike some here, which gives me a different perspective. Bill: Unless I'm mistaken the "it" you refer to is the Casper 5 program. Are you indicating that in all this time we've discussed that program and have gone into extensive detail re its use & capabilities, etc., you haven't once used that program? Even the trial version? Anna I installed it some time ago but later uninstalled it and am still using imaging, for several of the reasons we've already mentioned (like multigenerational backups). So what I've learned (or not) about Casper has come from reading your (and some other's) posts about Casper, and some vague recollections of when I first installed it. I *do*, however, have firsthand experience with the other programs (Boot-It-NG (aka BING), ATI Home Version 11, and Partition Magic), which I have used. At this point, just keeping track of those 3 is enough (and what they can or can't do very well). |
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Richie Hardwick wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:32:02 -0700, "Bill in Co." wrote: Richie Hardwick wrote: On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:11:29 -0700, "Bill in Co." wrote: Well then it appears I didn't understand it fully. In this world nothing is certain but death, taxes and Bill's inability to ever fully understand Casper. Richie Hardwick Haven't used it. Then perhaps you shouldn't be trying to explain it to anyone. Hmm? But I *have* used Partition Magic, Boot It NG, and Acronis True Image, unlike some here, which gives me a different perspective. Having a "different perspective" and being wrong are two different things. Stick to what you know and you'll cause everyone a lot less confusion. Richie Hardwick Are you talking about me or you? Some self projection duly noted. I wasn't the one who was so confused about the active partition, and having several cloned partitions on the backup drive with different drive letters assigned to them, as you were. Even after I explained that to you (in reference to BING). You thought that had to be an imaged backup, and as I explained to you, it was NOT. And it *was* a partition clone. Get that? A clone of an individual partition, NOT the entire source drive. It was NOT an image file. |
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Anna wrote:
Anna writes... Wally: Bill is absolutely correct. There's no problem using the Casper 5 program to clone the contents of one's booting HDD (the "source" HDD) to a *partition* on the destination HDD, i.e., the recipient of the clone. Taking the example where a user's destination HDD is a USB external HDD... WaIIy wrote: Well, after reading this more times, I comprehend what you're saying. I'm surprised I can clone my C drive that has three partitions to one of three partitions on a second drive. Live and learn - Thanks for taking the time to explain all this. Wally "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... I think you meant above that you can clone A partition on your C drive over to a (cloned) partition on the second drive. "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... Think of partition cloning as making an exact copy of the source drive's partition on the destination drive. Like if your source drive has C and D partitions, and you clone just the C partition, that one, and that one alone, will be copied to the destination drive. OR If you clone the entire drive, ALL partitions on the source drive are copied over to the second drive, and in that case (unless I'm mistaken here), you're right - the destination drive will have whatever was previously stored on it, wiped out. Bill: Just to slightly amend your last paragraph which may be a bit misleading to some... Let's say the user has multi-partitioned his or her destination drive - say, for example with five partitions. Using Casper 5 the user could clone the contents of his or her source HDD (whether a single partition or more than one partition) to *any* particular partition on the destination HDD he or she desires. But it's one-to-one. Unless you are talking about taking say 5 separate partitions on the source drive, and cloning them all over into one large extended partition on the destination drive? But that extended partition on the destination drive will include those 5 individual partitions, each having assigned to it a different drive letter, as on the source drive. Unless you are saying they would somehow all be *merged* on the destination drive, which makes little sense to me at this point. Maybe I'm having a senior moment though. :-) ONLY if *that* destination partition contained previous contents would those contents be "wiped out". NONE of the other partitions on the destination HDD would be affected in *any* way. OK. And using Casper, if one chooses to clone the entire source drive, and say the destination drive is much larger and has data all over it in several other partitions, you're saying that those other partitions on the destination drive will not automatically be wiped out. (IOW, you don't end up with unallocated space in what's left after the cloning). The same basic scenario would hold true should the user desire to clone only a single partition on his multi-partitioned source HDD. The user could clone that partition to *any* partition on the destination HDD on *only* that destination partition would be affected by the clone, i.e., prior contents would be deleted. Again, the other partitions on that multi-partitioned destination would *not* be affected in any way. I think you're aware of all this but I wanted to make it clear to others. Anna No, its good to go over it, as I'm not aware of all of it either. |
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If I'm wrong here, please advise, Anna.
Bill in Co. wrote: Anna wrote: "WaIIy" wrote in message ... I'm very confused. I think you are saying I can clone my C drive to a partition on another drive. I didn't think I could do that. Let's say my C drive has three partitions. I don't think you can clone that to one partition on another drive. Doesn't make sense to me. My understanding is a CLONE wipes out the destination drive. I guess I need to understand when you mean COPY and when you mean CLONE in your descriptions above. or, I'm just confused Wally: Yes, as I've tried to explain, Casper 5 does have the capability of doing exactly that. You can set up as many partitions as you desire on your destination drive - say a USB external HDD - and clone those three partitions (presumably encompassing the entire source disk, yes?) to *any* partition that you set up on your destination HDD. The *only* requirement is that the destination partition is, of course, sufficient in size to hold the contents of your source HDD, i.e., the three partitions. In other words you're cloning the disk containing the three partitions to a single partition on the destination drive if that's what you want. The remaining partitions on the destination drive can then be used for *any* purpose you want. On the other hand, if you wanted to clone *individual* partitions on the source disk to a particular partition on the destination drive you could also do that. It would simply be a partition-to-partition clone. Hope I've made this clear. Anna Well then it appears I didn't understand it fully. I was under the impression you could EITHER do a partition-by-partition cloning operation, OR clone the entire HD with or without several partitions over the destination disk. And NOT that you could clone, for example 5 individual source drive partitions over to a SINGLE partition on the destination drive, UNLESS that one is just a big extended one that incorporates the five partitions - but it's still really 5 partitions on the destination drive that were effectively cloned, and not just one, and each would presumably have a different drive letter assoicated with it. Or maybe it depends on how you look at it. |
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WaIIy wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:35:18 -0500, "Anna" wrote: "Bill in Co." wrote in message .. . Haven't used it. But I *have* used Partition Magic, Boot It NG, and Acronis True Image, unlike some here, which gives me a different perspective. Bill: Unless I'm mistaken the "it" you refer to is the Casper 5 program. Are you indicating that in all this time we've discussed that program and have gone into extensive detail re its use & capabilities, etc., you haven't once used that program? Even the trial version? Anna hee hee You're good, really good. She's nonplussed because Bill has asked/re-asked a bazillion questions of her over the past 6 months or more while trying gain an understanding of the program. Naturally, she assumed he was using it. |
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Max Goldman wrote:
WaIIy wrote: On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:35:18 -0500, "Anna" wrote: "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... Haven't used it. But I *have* used Partition Magic, Boot It NG, and Acronis True Image, unlike some here, which gives me a different perspective. Bill: Unless I'm mistaken the "it" you refer to is the Casper 5 program. Are you indicating that in all this time we've discussed that program and have gone into extensive detail re its use & capabilities, etc., you haven't once used that program? Even the trial version? Anna hee hee You're good, really good. She's nonplussed because Bill has asked/re-asked a bazillion questions of her over the past 6 months or more while trying gain an understanding of the program. Naturally, she assumed he was using it. I did use it once. On top of the other 3 programs I've already mentioned (unlike anyone else in here). So, give it a rest. :-) |
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WaIIy wrote:
On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:25:44 -0700, "Bill in Co." wrote: Max Goldman wrote: WaIIy wrote: On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:35:18 -0500, "Anna" "Bill in Co." wrote in message ... Haven't used it. But I *have* used Partition Magic, Boot It NG, and Acronis True Image, unlike some here, which gives me a different perspective. Bill: Unless I'm mistaken the "it" you refer to is the Casper 5 program. Are you indicating that in all this time we've discussed that program and have gone into extensive detail re its use & capabilities, etc., you haven't once used that program? Even the trial version? Anna Well, that wasn't quite accurate, as I already stated. hee hee You're good, really good. Thank you. She's nonplussed because Bill has asked/re-asked a bazillion questions of her over the past 6 months or more while trying gain an understanding of the program. Naturally, she assumed he was using it. Look, many of us in here were benefitting from Anna's expertise and good explanations. So, stuff it. :-) This isn't a personal issue, or a sales job, so don't try to make it one. :-) I did use it once. On top of the other 3 programs I've already mentioned (unlike anyone else in here). So, give it a rest. :-) I never would have guessed that backing stuff up could be so entertaining. I'm not sure the appropriate adjective here is "entertaining", per se. :-) Now, putting all this nonsense and the snide remarks aside, and moving forward, as in the spirit of our new President: You can't believe how much there really is to it, if you really get into it, and all the various details and possibilities. There are sooo many variations and combinations possible, and potentially problematic ones, if you mess up. Like the occasional horror stories heard here about how some lost their backup, or now their system won't boot, or now they discover windows is on the D drive!, or whatever. And then this whole more general thing about cloning vs imaging, and the pros and cons of each. That always leads to a "spirited" debate here. |
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"Bill in Co." wrote in message ... If I'm wrong here, please advise, Anna. "WaIIy" wrote in message ... I'm very confused. I think you are saying I can clone my C drive to a partition on another drive. I didn't think I could do that. Let's say my C drive has three partitions. I don't think you can clone that to one partition on another drive. Doesn't make sense to me. My understanding is a CLONE wipes out the destination drive. I guess I need to understand when you mean COPY and when you mean CLONE in your descriptions above. or, I'm just confused Anna wrote: Wally: Yes, as I've tried to explain, Casper 5 does have the capability of doing exactly that. You can set up as many partitions as you desire on your destination drive - say a USB external HDD - and clone those three partitions (presumably encompassing the entire source disk, yes?) to *any* partition that you set up on your destination HDD. The *only* requirement is that the destination partition is, of course, sufficient in size to hold the contents of your source HDD, i.e., the three partitions. In other words you're cloning the disk containing the three partitions to a single partition on the destination drive if that's what you want. The remaining partitions on the destination drive can then be used for *any* purpose you want. On the other hand, if you wanted to clone *individual* partitions on the source disk to a particular partition on the destination drive you could also do that. It would simply be a partition-to-partition clone. Hope I've made this clear. Anna Bill in Co. wrote: Well then it appears I didn't understand it fully. I was under the impression you could EITHER do a partition-by-partition cloning operation, OR clone the entire HD with or without several partitions over the destination disk. And NOT that you could clone, for example 5 individual source drive partitions over to a SINGLE partition on the destination drive, UNLESS that one is just a big extended one that incorporates the five partitions - but it's still really 5 partitions on the destination drive that were effectively cloned, and not just one, and each would presumably have a different drive letter assoicated with it. Or maybe it depends on how you look at it. Bill: First of all, as I've tried to emphasize... Forget about drive letter assignments on partitions of a USB external HDD in the context of this discussion re the Casper 5 disk-cloning process. Drive letter assignments involving a USBEHD (designed to be the recipient device of one or more clones) are of *NO* relevance in this process. Please try to understand that. Let me try to make this partition-disk cloning process as clear as possible using the following example... (For simplicity's sake we're using approximate figures)... Let's assume the user's source (boot) HDD - say a 300 GB HDD - contains three partitions - the C: partition, the D: partition and the E: partition. Obviously the C: partition is his or her's boot partition. Let's say the C: partition is 80 GB in size and contains 30 GB of data. Now the D: partition may have been used for installing the user's programs, or for whatever purpose. Let's say the D: partition is 90 GB in size and contains 50 GB of data. The E: partition is likewise used for data storage of one type or another. Let's say that E: partition is 130 GB in size and contains 40 GB of data. So the three partitions totaling 300 GB in size contain 120 GB of data. A more-or-less typical scenario followed by many users in multi-partitioning their day-to-day working HDD, right? Although obviously the number of partitions and amount of data will, of course, be different from user-to-user. So in our example the source disk's first partition of 80 GB represents 26% of the total disk space of the 300 GB HDD. The second partion of 90 GB represents 31% of the total disk space. And the final third partition of 130 GB represents 43% of total disk space. Now the user has a 250 GB USBEHD which he or she intends to be the recipient of one or more clones (or partitions) of the user's source HDD. Using the Casper 5 program, the user has various options to choose from... 1. He or she can clone the *entire* contents of their source HDD (containing the three partitions) to a single partition created on the USBEHD. In effect, a disk-to-disk clone. The user would not have to partition/format the USBEHD "destination" drive in this situation - the destination HDD could even be a brand-new out-of-the-box disk; the partitioning/formatting process would be automatically accomplished by the Casper program through its disk-cloning process. Under this scenario Casper would automatically create three partitions on the USB destination HDD, mirroring the partitions of the source drive. But since the destination drive is of a different total size than the source drive the resultant partitions will be established on a *proportional* basis. So partition #1 of that 250 destination drive GB drive will be 65 GB (26% of the total disk space); Partition #2 will be 77 GB (31% of the total disk space); Partition #3 will be 108 GB (43% of the total disk space). AGAIN, FORGET ABOUT THE DRIVE LETTER ASSIGNMENTS ON THE DESTINATION DRIVE. THEY HAVE NO RELEVANCE IF & WHEN THEIR CONTENTS ARE USED FOR RESTORATION PURPOSES. 2. However, the user will, of course, have another option in creating (ordinarily through Disk Management) whatever number & size partitions he or she desires on their destination HDD. They could then clone the entire contents of their source HDD to one of the partitions so created (a disk-to-partition) clone, or choose to clone individual partitons on the source drive to this or that partition on the destination HDD. 3. Still another option the user will have with the Casper program is creating a partition on the destination HDD only sufficient in size to contain the *actual* data contents of a source drive's partition. Say the user desires to set up a partition on the destination HDD only sufficient in size to hold the contents of his or her source HDD - in our example presently 120 GB of data. No problem. That is easily done with a click of the mouse. The resultant partition on the destination HDD will then be 120 GB; the remaining disk space on the destination HDD could then be partitioned along whatever lines the user desires. The next time the user clones the contents of his/her source HDD, let's say those contents now total 150 GB in size. Again, no problem. A new partition of 150 GB will be created on the destination HDD to contain those cloned contents. Naturally the previously created 120 GB partition will simply disappear. Again, the only requirement is that the destination partition be sufficient in size to hold the cloned contents, be they the contents of a partition or the contents of a disk. Anna |
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Anna wrote:
"Bill in Co." wrote in message ... If I'm wrong here, please advise, Anna. "WaIIy" wrote in message ... I'm very confused. I think you are saying I can clone my C drive to a partition on another drive. I didn't think I could do that. Let's say my C drive has three partitions. I don't think you can clone that to one partition on another drive. Doesn't make sense to me. My understanding is a CLONE wipes out the destination drive. I guess I need to understand when you mean COPY and when you mean CLONE in your descriptions above. or, I'm just confused Anna wrote: Wally: Yes, as I've tried to explain, Casper 5 does have the capability of doing exactly that. You can set up as many partitions as you desire on your destination drive - say a USB external HDD - and clone those three partitions (presumably encompassing the entire source disk, yes?) to *any* partition that you set up on your destination HDD. The *only* requirement is that the destination partition is, of course, sufficient in size to hold the contents of your source HDD, i.e., the three partitions. In other words you're cloning the disk containing the three partitions to a single partition on the destination drive if that's what you want. The remaining partitions on the destination drive can then be used for *any* purpose you want. On the other hand, if you wanted to clone *individual* partitions on the source disk to a particular partition on the destination drive you could also do that. It would simply be a partition-to-partition clone. Hope I've made this clear. Anna Bill in Co. wrote: Well then it appears I didn't understand it fully. I was under the impression you could EITHER do a partition-by-partition cloning operation, OR clone the entire HD with or without several partitions over the destination disk. And NOT that you could clone, for example 5 individual source drive partitions over to a SINGLE partition on the destination drive, UNLESS that one is just a big extended one that incorporates the five partitions - but it's still really 5 partitions on the destination drive that were effectively cloned, and not just one, and each would presumably have a different drive letter assoicated with it. Or maybe it depends on how you look at it. Bill: First of all, as I've tried to emphasize... Forget about drive letter assignments on partitions of a USB external HDD in the context of this discussion re the Casper 5 disk-cloning process. Drive letter assignments involving a USBEHD (designed to be the recipient device of one or more clones) are of *NO* relevance in this process. Please try to understand that. Comment: they can be of significance to me. I'm not just talking about in terms of succeeding in copying the data or not. More on that below. Let me try to make this partition-disk cloning process as clear as possible using the following example... (For simplicity's sake we're using approximate figures)... Let's assume the user's source (boot) HDD - say a 300 GB HDD - contains three partitions - the C: partition, the D: partition and the E: partition. Obviously the C: partition is his or her's boot partition. Let's say the C: partition is 80 GB in size and contains 30 GB of data. Now the D: partition may have been used for installing the user's programs, or for whatever purpose. Let's say the D: partition is 90 GB in size and contains 50 GB of data. The E: partition is likewise used for data storage of one type or another. Let's say that E: partition is 130 GB in size and contains 40 GB of data. So the three partitions totaling 300 GB in size contain 120 GB of data. OK. On the source drive we have 3 partitions with a total of 120 GB of data between them, but in separate partitions, *which is presumably the way we want to keep it* on the backup drive. More below. A more-or-less typical scenario followed by many users in multi-partitioning their day-to-day working HDD, right? Although obviously the number of partitions and amount of data will, of course, be different from user-to-user. So in our example the source disk's first partition of 80 GB represents 26% of the total disk space of the 300 GB HDD. The second partion of 90 GB represents 31% of the total disk space. And the final third partition of 130 GB represents 43% of total disk space. Now the user has a 250 GB USBEHD which he or she intends to be the recipient of one or more clones (or partitions) of the user's source HDD. And strictly (or at least normally) speaking, that means each of the three partitions must be preserved on the backup too, and not combined into one partition there. Using the Casper 5 program, the user has various options to choose from... 1. He or she can clone the *entire* contents of their source HDD (containing the three partitions) to a single partition created on the USBEHD. In effect, a disk-to-disk clone. The user would not have to partition/format the USBEHD "destination" drive in this situation - the destination HDD could even be a brand-new out-of-the-box disk; the partitioning/formatting process would be automatically accomplished by the Casper program through its disk-cloning process. Under this scenario Casper would automatically create three partitions on the USB destination HDD, mirroring the partitions of the source drive. That's my point - yes. (and that they will also show up in explorer with their own drive letters, naturally, bumping up any flash drives letter assignments that are plugged in now in terms of their previous drive letters, which can be a nuisance). But since the destination drive is of a different total size than the source drive the resultant partitions will be established on a *proportional* basis. Right. Of course. So partition #1 of that 250 destination drive GB drive will be 65 GB (26% of the total disk space); Partition #2 will be 77 GB (31% of the total disk space); Partition #3 will be 108 GB (43% of the total disk space). AGAIN, FORGET ABOUT THE DRIVE LETTER ASSIGNMENTS ON THE DESTINATION DRIVE. THEY HAVE NO RELEVANCE IF & WHEN THEIR CONTENTS ARE USED FOR RESTORATION PURPOSES. No, but they CAN have relevance to me (besides simply looking at this from the point of view of restoration purposes), as I suggested above. Like if you are keeping that external drive connected during normal use. 2. However, the user will, of course, have another option in creating (ordinarily through Disk Management) whatever number & size partitions he or she desires on their destination HDD. They could then clone the entire contents of their source HDD to one of the partitions so created (a disk-to-partition) clone, And end up with 3 partitions on the destination drive. So when you say this, it sounds like youre saying it's combining 3 into 1, but it's not. So you are saying in this example it will copy the contents of the 3 source partitions and merge them all together inside 1 partition on the destination drive, effectively destroying the previously-separated (by using different partition) data. Not nice. UNLESS the user wanted to consolidate all of the 3 partitions. or choose to clone individual partitons on the source drive to this or that partition on the destination HDD. 3. Still another option the user will have with the Casper program is creating a partition on the destination HDD only sufficient in size to contain the *actual* data contents of a source drive's partition. The actual data of all 3 partitions in the source? But why would someone want to do that anyways, unless they were trying to merge the 3 partitions into one, which sounds quite atypical. Say the user desires to set up a partition on the destination HDD only sufficient in size to hold the contents of his or her source HDD - in our example presently 120 GB of data. No problem. That is easily done with a click of the mouse. The resultant partition on the destination HDD will then be 120 GB; the remaining disk space on the destination HDD could then be partitioned along whatever lines the user desires. The next time the user clones the contents of his/her source HDD, let's say those contents now total 150 GB in size. But that's being stored in 3 separate partitions, presumably for a reason. Again, no problem. A new partition of 150 GB will be created on the destination HDD to contain those cloned contents. Naturally the previously created 120 GB partition will simply disappear. Again, I don't know why anyone would want to do that. Put them all into one partition on the backup. But assuming they could, somehow: If they then wanted to restore that back to the source drive, by recloning it all back to the source drive, how would Casper be able to know (or even could it) what to put back in EACH of the 3 separate source drive partitions? Again, the only requirement is that the destination partition be sufficient in size to hold the cloned contents, be they the contents of a partition or the contents of a disk. Anna Right. |
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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:56:29 -0700, "Bill in Co."
wrote: Now the user has a 250 GB USBEHD which he or she intends to be the recipient of one or more clones (or partitions) of the user's source HDD. And strictly (or at least normally) speaking, that means each of the three partitions must be preserved on the backup too, and not combined into one partition there. They won't be combined. And end up with 3 partitions on the destination drive. So when you say this, it sounds like youre saying it's combining 3 into 1, but it's not. So you are saying in this example it will copy the contents of the 3 source partitions and merge them all together inside 1 partition on the destination drive, effectively destroying the previously-separated (by using different partition) data. Not nice. UNLESS the user wanted to consolidate all of the 3 partitions. They WON'T be combined. 3. Still another option the user will have with the Casper program is creating a partition on the destination HDD only sufficient in size to contain the *actual* data contents of a source drive's partition. The actual data of all 3 partitions in the source? But why would someone want to do that anyways, unless they were trying to merge the 3 partitions into one, which sounds quite atypical. They WON'T BE COMBINED. Again, no problem. A new partition of 150 GB will be created on the destination HDD to contain those cloned contents. Naturally the previously created 120 GB partition will simply disappear. Again, I don't know why anyone would want to do that. Put them all into one partition on the backup. SIGH If they then wanted to restore that back to the source drive, by recloning it all back to the source drive, how would Casper be able to know (or even could it) what to put back in EACH of the 3 separate source drive partitions? Because they WERE NOT COMBINED DURING THE CLONING. Wow. You're impossible. The 3 partitions are proportionally reduced in size to fit the partition they're being cloned to. Why is that so difficult to grasp? Anyone wanting the particulars of this person's problem can call my hotline (Google it) and for a fee I can give you all the details. Miss Cleo -- Psychic Extraordinaire |
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How to use Acronis to backup o/s ?
Richie Hardwick wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:56:29 -0700, "Bill in Co." wrote: Now the user has a 250 GB USBEHD which he or she intends to be the recipient of one or more clones (or partitions) of the user's source HDD. And strictly (or at least normally) speaking, that means each of the three partitions must be preserved on the backup too, and not combined into one partition there. They won't be combined. And end up with 3 partitions on the destination drive. So when you say this, it sounds like youre saying it's combining 3 into 1, but it's not. So you are saying in this example it will copy the contents of the 3 source partitions and merge them all together inside 1 partition on the destination drive, effectively destroying the previously-separated (by using different partition) data. Not nice. UNLESS the user wanted to consolidate all of the 3 partitions. They WON'T be combined. 3. Still another option the user will have with the Casper program is creating a partition on the destination HDD only sufficient in size to contain the *actual* data contents of a source drive's partition. The actual data of all 3 partitions in the source? But why would someone want to do that anyways, unless they were trying to merge the 3 partitions into one, which sounds quite atypical. They WON'T BE COMBINED. Again, no problem. A new partition of 150 GB will be created on the destination HDD to contain those cloned contents. Naturally the previously created 120 GB partition will simply disappear. Again, I don't know why anyone would want to do that. Put them all into one partition on the backup. SIGH If they then wanted to restore that back to the source drive, by recloning it all back to the source drive, how would Casper be able to know (or even could it) what to put back in EACH of the 3 separate source drive partitions? Because they WERE NOT COMBINED DURING THE CLONING. Wow. You're impossible. The 3 partitions are proportionally reduced in size to fit the partition they're being cloned to. Why is that so difficult to grasp? Anyone wanting the particulars of this person's problem can call my hotline (Google it) and for a fee I can give you all the details. Miss Cleo -- Psychic Extraordinaire LOL. I thought you said you were retired? Clearly you are NOT of the FDR generation, as your behavior is more like that of a newage boomer. |
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