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Number   :  1058
Date     :  2001-11-27
Author   :  Bob Weir
Subject  :  Re: Cloning inactive hard drives
Size(KB) :  1


Many thanks for the prompt and detailed responses: -

Charles, my opening line was not clear, I wait until all has settled and
appears to be functioning properly before running my first task of the day -
the C:\ D:\ /clone job. If not, (only once so far) it's unplug the first
disk (or change the BIOS if preferred) to start from my second hard disk,
and back to yesterday!

Kan, I have just acquired a cover disk version (W9x only) of a boot and
partition application called Acronis OS Selector which claims to enable
creation of multiple PRIMARY (active?) partitions on one disk and so permit
selective booting into a second OS. This application also contains a ghost
function for partition copying but I do not expect that it will magically
cope with files in use (and I now KNOW that XXCOPY works and does other
things).
I had only considered using an "A" drive but I think a second minimal OS on
the hard disk and your quick boot diskette should be the quickest way to
clone before starting the day. I am sure your detailed missive will keep me
occupied for a bit!

The main group of "access denied" files when cloning an ME system is the
restore set. To avoid these I tried disabling Restore but still have to use
/X_RESTORE\ to speed up the re-cloning (I don't know enough to recognise the
culprits individually or the consequences of deleting them). Sometimes
there are a few other files associated with IE5 but nothing consistent or
frequent enough to warrant using an exclusion. I understand WinXP also has
a restore feature and so may experience similar delays.

Thanks again for the advice.

Regards,

Bob Weir



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