Drive Copying Software - Page 2

Keith · 15th December 2007, 09:44

Acronis works
Ghost is fine for W2K
Xcopy!
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q134768/

Simon W · 16th December 2007, 11:48

Isn't Acronis an image rather than a cloning package?

Ghost never worked properly when I used v7 in Win2K.

What's your reference to Xcopy Keith?

GAZ2000 · 16th December 2007, 16:28

i used acronis (on a free trial version) when my c drive was dying (making clunking noises etc). Bought a new drive copied C to D, then removed C replaced it with what was D. Sorted, still running on it now no problems.
Gary

Simon W · 16th December 2007, 22:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by GAZ2000

i used acronis (on a free trial version) when my c drive was dying (making clunking noises etc). Bought a new drive copied C to D, then removed C replaced it with what was D. Sorted, still running on it now no problems.
Gary

Did Acronis use an image file to make the copy or was it a direct clone from one drive to the other?

GAZ2000 · 17th December 2007, 05:38

As far as I can remember it copied straight onto the other drive. I think you start up acronis it will restart your pc so that it can copy all the windows files.

Gary

Simon W · 17th December 2007, 14:12

Thanks Gary. I'll give it a try - although from the acronis website it sounds like it creates an image file rather than copying everything direct from one hard drive to the other.

Simon W · 31st December 2007, 13:51

Well, I bought True Image 11 from Amazon and have now tried it several times.

In addition to 'image' mode it does in fact work in 'clone' mode - i.e. it'll make a direct copy from one drive to another.

It will clone (or restore an image) to any internal drive, or to an external drive in a caddy - although the latter takes ages due to the relatively low transfer speed (e.g. cloning a 123Gb C: drive to an identical 123Gb drive in a USB caddy took eleven hours).

There's also an email backup tool but it locked up every time I tried it (with Outlook 2003).

15th December 2007, 09:44	#11
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	Acronis works Ghost is fine for W2K Xcopy! http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q134768/ Last edited by Keith; 15th December 2007 at 09:48..

16th December 2007, 16:28	#13
GAZ2000 Regular poster Mg Zt Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i used acronis (on a free trial version) when my c drive was dying (making clunking noises etc). Bought a new drive copied C to D, then removed C replaced it with what was D. Sorted, still running on it now no problems. Gary __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Can you smell something burning

17th December 2007, 05:38	#15
GAZ2000 Regular poster Mg Zt Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Leicestershire Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	As far as I can remember it copied straight onto the other drive. I think you start up acronis it will restart your pc so that it can copy all the windows files. Gary __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Can you smell something burning

16th December 2007, 11:48	#12
Simon W This is my second home Rover 75 2.0 Litre Club Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: S Posts: 3,280 Thanks: 38 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	Isn't Acronis an image rather than a cloning package? Ghost never worked properly when I used v7 in Win2K. What's your reference to Xcopy Keith?

17th December 2007, 14:12	#16
Simon W This is my second home Rover 75 2.0 Litre Club Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: S Posts: 3,280 Thanks: 38 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	Thanks Gary. I'll give it a try - although from the acronis website it sounds like it creates an image file rather than copying everything direct from one hard drive to the other.

31st December 2007, 13:51	#17
Simon W This is my second home Rover 75 2.0 Litre Club Saloon Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: S Posts: 3,280 Thanks: 38 Thanked 50 Times in 47 Posts	Well, I bought True Image 11 from Amazon and have now tried it several times. In addition to 'image' mode it does in fact work in 'clone' mode - i.e. it'll make a direct copy from one drive to another. It will clone (or restore an image) to any internal drive, or to an external drive in a caddy - although the latter takes ages due to the relatively low transfer speed (e.g. cloning a 123Gb C: drive to an identical 123Gb drive in a USB caddy took eleven hours). There's also an email backup tool but it locked up every time I tried it (with Outlook 2003).