Re: OT: Norton GhostPE 2001 problem

D from BC wrote:
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:29:19 GMT, Robert Baer
<robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


D from BC wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:27:45 GMT, Robert Baer
<robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[snip]


True..I don't recall Acronis automatically resizing partitions so it's
generated image file can fit perfectly. A partition has to be defined
first by a partitioning app.

I only know raid 1 mirroring and disk imaging apps (Ghost, Acronis
Drive Image) for "photocopying" drives or partitions.

I know little about MFT.. Maybe try Norton tools???
In the past I've used disk checking programs from Maxtor. Hard drive company's might be putting out their own diagnostic
utilities.

D from BC

I do not really "need" re-sizing; i could use Ghost or DriveImage (20Gbyte to 40Gbyte HD) for that, then Acronis (if it will do a COPY) for 40Gbyte-40Gbyte "backup" copying.
You seem to imply that Acronis might be able to do a copy if and only if the destination drive was previously partitioned to match the source.
I find that strange as all heck, because writing a drive does over-write what was there; at worst one would have (in my case) the first 20Gbytes copied to the first 20Gbytes of a blank HD with the remaing 20Gbytes untouched.


Space is needed for the Acronis image file. Also space is needed when Acronis extracts this image file.
The destination partition must be equal to or greater than the
extracted image file. All contents in the partition get wiped out*.
For example: Acronis extracted a 7Gig image file onto my 10G partition.


D from BC

Thanks.
That seems to confirm my impression that Acronis cannot make a *copy* of a HD (to another).


Acronis True Image creates files that are analogous to a negative in
photography. You don't get the picture until it's processed.
I've used Acronis to copy hard drives. But it has to create it's image
file first.. It's not direct drive to drive copying.

I'm not sure but..isn't there a DOS command to copy disks?
XCOPY?? My DOS is rusty..

There's probably some utility out there that makes the read heads skim
over everywhere on one disk and writes that data to another disk.
D from BC
True, plain DOS cannot recognize FAT32, NTFS or Linux partitions - so cannot copy any part of a drive using those formats.

That utility would be nice...
.

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