TSGL: Backup Program Advice, Please

[The Computer Whisperer]

I've used all sorts of hard drive cloning packages, I don't think you
will have any luck putting them all on one physical disk due to the
way the partition is structured, especially if backing up primary
partitions with boot information etc...


Justin

On 26/10/06, Russell W. Coover <coover at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> I have been using Acronis' True Image software for several years and have
> been very happy with it, but last evening I ran into a situation that True
> Image cannot handle.
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> A friend has 4 computers. He has been backing up using the True Image "Disk
> Clone" option with 4 external drives, one for each computer. Deciding that
> he didn't need 4 external drives, he went out and bought a 320 GB drive,
> inserted it into an external drive enclosure, and then used Partition Magic
> to place 4 separate Partitions, one for each computer, on the new external
> drive. Then he attempted to back up with Acronis.
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> Unfortunately, he found that the "Disk Clone" option wanted to delete all 4
> partitions and replace them with a cloned partition from only one of the
> computers. If he then tried to backup a second computer, the first computers
> backup would be erased. So, instead, he used the Acronis "Create Image"
> option and was able to successfully backup each computer.
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> But he prefers the Clone option and would like to use it with only one
> external hard drive, rather than 4. Is there any software available that
> would allow this. One of the options of Partition Magic 8 is to "Copy" a
> partition. Can Partition Magic be used to do this?
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> (Because of the on going discussion as to when various TSGL list emails
> arrive in your inbox, I am sending this email at 3:23 PM Pacific Daylight
> time on 25 October 2006).
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> Russ Coover
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