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Number   :  4996
Date     :  2003-07-10
Author   :  james sadler
Subject  :  Re: USB Hard drives
Size(KB) :  1


 Some of those types of programs function by
booting to a DOS of their own and then imaging what is
on the hard drive. The tell tale sign is that the
program must have a floppy or cd in a drive to work.
--- mgomgo  wrote:
> I am running XP Home SP1 with a pair of Buslink
> brand USB2 external 
> hard drives. One is a 5/12 drive the other is a 2
> 1/2 inch drive. 
> 
> On the cooling topic, the drives came with aluminum
> cases for 
> radiational cooling.
> 
> My disk imaging is currently run with a program
> called True Image by 
> Acronis. That program is USB2 aware. I am not sure
> how they managed 
> to grab the "always busy" system files in XP, but I
> suspect it is 
> some sort of Ram Disk scheme because I see that
> referenced in their 
> program files on my machine. This allows the system
> files to be 
> copied during image creation directly out of Windows
> XP.
> 
> During restore, one must reboot to the program
> directly, the when the 
> restore is finished, the machine will boot to XP
> again. So obviously 
> the program drops those system files back onto the
> HDD before Windows 
> XP boots up.
> 
> With "no compression selected", backup/restore is
> around 3 /12 
> minutes for around 1.5 gig. That's exceedingly
> fast!
> 
> Go to their website for more info. There are some
> NTFS 
> considerations that may hinder some users. I am
> running fat 32 on my 
> Windows XP machine. 
> 
> -michael goodrich
> -tucson, az
> 
> 
> --- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Weir"
>  wrote:
> > daverunda wrote: -
> > 
> 
> 
> > I look forward to someone posting a "user guide"
> with details
> > of what WinXP will tolerate with removable and
> bootable USB
> > drives that have been cloned, of course, with the
> new version
> > of XXCOPY.
> > 
> > Bob
> 
> 


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