[pchelpers] Re: question

Hi Billy,

Thursday, April 27, 2006, 2:39:46 PM, you wrote:

>> The system boot files should be copied to the new HD and it should
>> be bootable. I've done it before. That's why I've always wondered
>> why a person would need special programs to copy one drive to
>> another to have a backup.

BE> This is why I asked, surely everything on the C drive should be
BE> replicated to the new drive?

This works for Win98 and older, but not necessarily for NT-based
versions of Windows.

Also, you generally can't copy the files when they are in use.
CasperXP probably (I haven't had a chance to look at it closely yet)
uses a Windows feature called shadow copying to copy files while they
are in use. Other utilities, such as from PowerQuest, use a boot
floppy to ensure that the files are not in use.

-- 
Scott.



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