-=PCTechTalk=- Re: GMan -----Question about creating a Acronis image

Maybe.....

If you use your partition manager to create two (or more) partitions on the
drive with the back-up on it, you could keep the backup files on one and
leave one empty and use it for the clone process.  The partition would have
to be at least as large as the drive or partition being cloned.

Of course, if it only clones physical drive to physical drives and does not 
allow virtual drive cloning (partition to a partition) that idea will not 
work either.


Don



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RMB White" <roguer@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:40 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: GMan -----Question about creating a Acronis
image


> GMan!
> and Don 101(re his last para "End of hiatus" post of 22nd Feb)
>
> My very sincere and humble apologies for the MESS; I had tried bolding
> and italicising, and underlining my replies for greater clarity, but
> found these were all converted to normal type (except for some
> extraneous asterisks) all of which added further confusion.
>
> This reply relates to your para
>
>> Unless Acronis is using the term incorrectly, a "Clone" will not allow
>> itself to be placed within a folder.  Instead, it will only allow you to
>> copy an entire drive or partition to another entire drive or partition.
>> Once completed, the second volume will look exactly like the original
>> (individual files & folders).  If the original is bootable, so will the
>> copy.
> I tiptoed down the path of creating a clone of my Drive 1 .........
> Acronis>"Hard disk utilities">"Clone your hard disk by copying
> partitions to another HD>option."Automatic">"All your partitions from
> old HD will be copied to new HD and make it bootable" (SO FAR SO GOOD)
> but then>"This operation is possible only if the destination HD is
> empty">"In order to proceed, allow Acronis to DELETE all parttions on
> the destination HD, OR choose another destination drive".
>
> Tried "Option - Manual" ..... same story.
>
> At this point I wanted to ask for my money back (not that I have paid
> any yet as it's a free trial).
>
> This means all of my files, lovingly saved and backed up (after the
> impeccable tutelage of GMan) on my Seagate Drive 1 would disappear with
> a stroke, in smoke.
>
> So, I have not the heart to undertake anything else at the moment
> ....except; go off and have a brandy.


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