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Number   :  4728
Date     :  2003-06-03
Author   :  Kan Yabumoto
Subject  :  Re: Clone-ing drive C: with only one OS?
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Robert Alderman wrote:

> For the past 4 weeks and some 40 hours on my PC I have been
> trying to backup/copy a complete partition to another drive
> using the "Lexun Backup Solution" to no avail. I've given up.
> However one thing that he and partitionMagic specify is one
> cannot backup a copy of an OS while that OS is the active OS.
> One must install another OS and make it active.
> How does XXCOPY get around this requirement?
> Once this is answered I have more questions.

I once saw Lexun software web page with their "LexanBackup"
solution which was later retracted (I was about to examine
their scheme in detail because they claimed that they had
a solution). But, later, their web page said the product
was "unstable" and the product was apparently dropped.
I wish I learned a little more of their scheme and the
problems they had...

I'm painfully aware that this is not a straightforward
problem.

We've been working on this problem in the past 3+ months.
While it is true that some files (the system registry files)
cannot be accessed while you run the OS. We've been trying
to remove this barrier (but, not quite successful). So,
the solution need to be slightly less direct (a little awkward).
However, we have a formula to do that --- because it is
pretty messy if we write down the steps for any one to
understand, we are working on a program which will do
all that need to be done.

We are hoping within a few weeks, we will have something
to show to this group... At least this board will be
the first place that we announce the first beta test version.

Stay tuned.

Kan Yabumoto



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