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Skriven 2007-04-19 15:29:00 av JAY EMRIE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av JEAN PARROT
Ärende: Clone.
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Afternoon Jean,
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JP> CS> That's not really true.  A backup image of the bootable partition will
JP> CS> boot.  Otherwise how else could you rescue a defunct Windows
JP> CS> partition?   I kind of think black feathers are rather dull, how would
JP> CS> red feathers be?  <g>

JP>        I was awaiting some guru to set me straight. Not having done
JP>    ever a backup, I  could not say. A rescue could be done by a
JP>    clone. Get the point ???

JP> CS> To add more fuel to the fire, I have (on numerous occasions) restored
JP> CS> my Drive C backup image to its original location and was able to boot
JP> CS> from it like nothing ever happened.   AND - that's doing it from
JP> CS> within XP (requires a reboot) or from the rescue media.
 
JP>        I will have to try this, I am a real Thomas in this regard.

JP> JP>         Not a clone then, a backup. I do not think that a clone can be
JP> JP>     incrementally modified. If it is, I am out in left field and
JP> JP>     without a glove. I never could see the purpose of the first option
JP> JP>     on top, the Backup one. Why not do a clone ?  I still think that
JP> JP>     you could not do a HD swap on the following Monday and use your
JP> JP>     system.

JP> CS> If you're hot swapping hard drives, then maybe your method is best.
JP> CS> However most of us, myself included, do not hot swap hard drives or
JP> CS> use removable hard drive carriers.  IMO, cloning should only be used
JP> CS> when replacing the original hard drive with a new one.
 
JP>        I have a simple mind. When doing a clone, as per TI
JP>    terminology, I know that I have all saved. Doing backups would
JP>    require mental stress here, which one was or was not backed up ?
JP>    Anyway, the clone is my forte. I should try a backup one day.
     
Why would doing backups cause mental stress. One just does a full back
up in the beginning, then incremental backups after wards say for a
week. Then one does another full backup and following incrementals for a
week.

If the system blows up after a full backup - say on the third
incremental one just does a restore from that blowup point on back. No
fuss, no muss, no mental stress - just restore and GO! Oh, I forgot - it
is a mental stress waiting for the restore to complete!  :-)

Jay
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