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Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition

Date	2012-01-25 10:53 -0500
From	Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage, alt.backup-software
Subject	Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition
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On 20/01/2012 12:17 AM, AndyHancock wrote:
> Yousuf Khan wrote
>> Well, my experience with disk imaging comes from using Macrium
>> Reflect, others are familiar with Acronis True Image, etc. For the
>> most part, when imaging is done (rather than normal backup), it's
>> because certain files are position dependent. There may only be one4
>> or two files in the entire file system that are position dependent
>> (usually system boot files), and without some kind of an attribute
>> saying a file is position dependent, the image makes all of them
>> positional. The actual contents will remain identical whether you
>> use traditional backup vs. imaging, but imaging saves the positional
>> information.
>
> I think I have to clarify that I meant cloning, not imaging.  I want
> the clone to be a drop-in replacement for the resident HDD if the
> latter fails.

I know, but cloning and imaging share a lot in common. Now one cloning 
program that I've used with great success is XXClone. It's not a 
traditional cloning program in that it works at the partition level, but 
it works at the filesystem level. This means that you can use it to copy 
between an NTFS source to a FAT32 destination, or vice-versa. However, 
it doesn't do incremental cloning (as far as I know), so everytime you 
clone, you're making a full reset. With imaging you can make the 
incrementals and differentials.

	Yousuf Khan

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How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-14 20:56 -0800
  Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 16:18 +1100
    Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-14 21:42 -0800
  Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-01-15 13:39 +0000
    Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 11:43 -0800
      Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-01-15 20:23 +0000
        Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 12:49 -0800
          Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Arno <me@privacy.net> - 2012-01-16 01:18 +0000
            Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 20:52 -0800
              Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-16 21:49 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-17 19:50 +1100
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Mark F <mark53916@gmail.com> - 2012-01-17 15:27 -0500
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-17 21:30 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-17 21:19 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-18 17:04 +1100
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-17 22:46 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-18 20:42 +1100
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-18 21:28 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-20 06:27 +1100
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-19 21:07 -0800
    Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-01-17 04:00 -0500
      Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-17 21:33 -0800
        Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-01-19 11:37 -0500
          Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-20 06:34 +1100
          Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-19 21:17 -0800
            Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition Yousuf Khan <bbbl67@spammenot.yahoo.com> - 2012-01-25 10:53 -0500
              Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-26 06:16 +1100
          Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition willbill <postonNG@postonNG.net> - 2012-01-20 12:52 -0600
            Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-21 08:49 +1100
              Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-22 21:29 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2012-01-24 05:32 +1100
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-24 17:54 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition willbill <postonNG@postonNG.net> - 2012-01-24 12:22 -0600
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-24 18:05 -0800
                Re: How to compare clone of a partition with source partition AndyHancock <andymhancock@gmail.com> - 2012-01-24 18:57 -0800

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