Re: [TP600X] Clone or "Dup" Laptop Hard Drive

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From: Allan Ballard (aballard_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Fri Oct 13 2000 - 06:14:31 EDT


Drive copy takes about 25 minutes on my 6.4 gig tp760xl p166.
The drive is not densly packed with data, but is about 1/2 full.
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From: Michael Geary <Mike_at_Geary.com>
To: Randal Whittle <rwhittle_at_usa.net>; TP List <tp750_at_cs.utk.edu>
Date: Saturday, October 14, 2000 1:56 PM
Subject: RE: [TP600X] Clone or "Dup" Laptop Hard Drive

>> >Wow! 90 minutes to drivecopy!?!?
>>
>> That's not uncommon--I've had Drive Copy do its thing for 3 1/2
>> hrs to dup a whole drive in the 12 GB range.
>
>On my machines, Ghost is *much* faster than Drive Copy, Drive Image, or
>Partition Magic.
>
>Cloning a nearly-full 18Gb drive with Ghost takes less than an hour on the
>400MHz 600E, and less than 40 minutes on the 750 MHz A20p. That's about 3-4
>times faster than the speeds I was getting with the PowerQuest products. I
>have no idea why the huge difference.
>
>-Mike
>


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