From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Sun Jan 14 2001 - 00:37:27 EST
Dominique..
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From: "Dominique Pivard" <domi_at_kenavo.fi>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 2:35 PM
Subject: Advice needed about drive imaging
> I have purchased two 20 GB Hitachi hard drives for my ThinkPad 570. I also
> have an Ultrabase and an UltraSlimBay 2nd hard drive adapter. I plan to
> install OS/2, Win98 and W2K, together with OS/2 Boot Manager. I would like
> to make an identical copy of the 20 GB drive on a regular basis, in order
> to be able to be back in business immediately in case the drive dies. I
> would then use (more often) smaller leftover drives (also with the 2nd HDD
> adapter) for backing up only my own data.
>
> I've never used drive imaging software before. I'm aware of PowerQuest's
> and Symantec's products. Here are a few questions I have:
>
> 1) Will both DriveCopy and Norton Ghost do want I want? Is one better /
> easier to use / faster etc. than the other? I'm especially interested with
> the ability to cope with OS/2 Boot Manager, which is a special type of FAT
> partition.
they both work well..
i personally don't like symantec..
>
> 2) What is the difference between Drive Copy and Drive Image, apart from
> the higher price of the latter?
drive image has more features..
>
> 3) Once an identical image exists on the 2nd drive and that drive is
> inserted into the 570 via the 2nd HDD adapter, how will these programs
> cope with the fact that there are two Boot Managers and primary partitions
> on both drives (which means drive letters are likely to be mixed up)?
you don't want to run with both HDD's in the machine at the same time unless
you're backing up (reimiging)..
>
> 4) Will I have to define the 2nd drive as slave, using a jumper?
no, no jumpers needed..
>
> Thanks, Dominique
>
>
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