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href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.1">1–10</a><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.11">11–20</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=39285.11">Cloning disks.</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="39285_11_20_10"> <a name="a39285_11"></a><div class="message" id="message_39285_11"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time">31 Jan 2012 21:53</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 31 Jan 2012 21:56"></span></span> <span class="message_count">11 of 20</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.11">39285.11</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.10">39285.10</a></div> <div class="message_body"> <p>Depends on whether you consider computer games "useful"...</p> <p> </p> <p>(actually, I do also use it for photoshop).</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39285.11&return_msg=39285.11" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39285.11"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39285_12"></a><div class="message" id="message_39285_12"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">31 Jan 2012 23:09</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 31 Jan 2012 23:15"></span></span> <span class="message_count">12 of 20</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.12">39285.12</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.2">39285.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I was wondering why it was called DriveImageXML, so I went and found the website, hoping that there was some obscure acronym and they weren't just using a buzz word to appear cool.<br /> <br /> But no, it's worse than that!<br /> <div class="quotetext" id="quote"><b>quote: </b></div><div class="quote">Images are stored in XML files, allowing you to process them with 3rd party tools.</div><br /> <br /> Anyone who thinks...<br /> 1) XML is suitable for storing hard drive images;<br /> 2) that this should be the defining feature of a product;<br /> 3) and an explanation of this is not required in the FAQ;<br /> ...is not someone that I want to trust with handling data. <span class="emoticon e_unsure" title=":/"><span class="e__">:/</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39285.12&return_msg=39285.11" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39285.12"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39285_13"></a><div class="message" id="message_39285_13"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">31 Jan 2012 23:12</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Matt <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 1 Feb 2012 11:02"></span></span> <span class="message_count">13 of 20</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.13">39285.13</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.3">39285.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Robocopy has a shitload of options.<br /> <br /> Do I need to care what they all do, or does it have sensible defaults?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39285.13&return_msg=39285.11" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39285.13"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39285_14"></a><div class="message" id="message_39285_14"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">31 Jan 2012 23:15</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 1 Feb 2012 00:03"></span></span> <span class="message_count">14 of 20</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.14">39285.14</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.9">39285.9</a></div> <div class="message_body"> You seem to be suggesting that I take a 200GB partition, back it up to some non-existent space, instead of simply copying it to the device I bought <em>because</em> I've got insufficient space. <span class="emoticon e_plain" title=":|"><span class="e__">:|</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39285.14&return_msg=39285.11" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39285.14"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39285_15"></a><div class="message" id="message_39285_15"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">31 Jan 2012 23:15</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 31 Jan 2012 23:18"></span></span> <span class="message_count">15 of 20</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.15">39285.15</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.11#a39285_12" target="_self">39285.12</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Have you even tried it?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39285.15&return_msg=39285.11" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39285.15"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39285_16"></a><div class="message" id="message_39285_16"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time">31 Jan 2012 23:42</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 31 Jan 2012 23:47"></span></span> <span class="message_count">16 of 20</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.16">39285.16</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.11#a39285_15" target="_self">39285.15</a></div> <div class="message_body"> It's a GUI front-end for built-in functionality, and it's been created by idiot(s).<br /> <br /> It might work, but I'm not seeing any compelling reasons to use it over either RoboCopy or Acronis True Image?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39285.16&return_msg=39285.11" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39285.16"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39285_17"></a><div class="message" id="message_39285_17"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">31 Jan 2012 23:48</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 1 Feb 2012 00:21"></span></span> <span class="message_count">17 of 20</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.17">39285.17</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.11#a39285_16" target="_self">39285.16</a></div> <div class="message_body"> The job could've been well on the way by now. It works, it's easy to use. Just use it.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39285.17&return_msg=39285.11" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39285.17"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39285_18"></a><div class="message" id="message_39285_18"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 1 Feb 2012 00:05</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 1 Feb 2012 18:36"></span></span> <span class="message_count">18 of 20</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.18">39285.18</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.11#a39285_14" target="_self">39285.14</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Well, I dunno. Why not just format the new partition(s) and copy the files across in the usual way then. Why the need to <i>clone</i>, exactly?</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39285.18&return_msg=39285.11" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39285.18"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39285_19"></a><div class="message" id="message_39285_19"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Matt<span class="message_time"> 1 Feb 2012 11:11</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Peter (BOUGHTONP) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 1 Feb 2012 18:36"></span></span> <span class="message_count">19 of 20</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.19">39285.19</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.11#a39285_13" target="_self">39285.13</a></div> <div class="message_body"> For mirroring a volume, the basic syntax would be:<br /> <br /> <div class="quotetext" id="code-"><b> code:</b></div><pre class="code">robocopy [source] [dest] /MIR</pre><br /> This will copy everything from [source] to [dest] while also deleting everything from [dest] that doesn't exist on [source].<br /> <br /> If you omit the /MIR option it will copy files only and not delete anything from [dest].<br /> <br /> If either the source or destination partitions are FAT32 or network shares (especially if they're Linux SAMBA shares) you will also need to add /FFT to the end of the command above otherwise every time you re-run robocopy it'll think the files on the source drive are newer and copy them again.<br /> <br /> Other options that might be useful are /XD and /XF which ignore directories and files respectively. Depending on your user credentials, you might need these for ignoring the "System Volume Information" folder and "$Recycle.Bin".<br /> <br /> So a full command might look like:<br /> <br /> <div class="quotetext" id="code-"><b> code:</b></div><pre class="code">robocopy [source] [dest] /MIR /FFT /XD "System Volume Information" /XD "$RECYCLE.BIN"</pre><br /> All you really need to do is make sure you don't get [source] and [dest] the wrong way around <span class="emoticon e_smile" title=":)"><span class="e__">:)</span></span><div class="edit_text">EDITED: 1 Feb 2012 11:13 by MATT</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39285.19&return_msg=39285.11" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39285.19"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a39285_20"></a><div class="message" id="message_39285_20"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time"> 1 Feb 2012 18:48</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Matt <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 1 Feb 2012 19:31"></span></span> <span class="message_count">20 of 20</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.20">39285.20</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=39285.11#a39285_19" target="_self">39285.19</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Thanks, though I went and read up on it anyway.<br /> <br /> I went with /E to copy the directories as well, and not risk deleting from dest (even though it was empty anyway, I <em>was</em> paranoid about getting the source/dest the wrong way round).<br /> <br /> That /XD would have been useful - fortunately I found something that said use /R:10 to limit the number of retries, otherwise it would have been stuck on the System Volume Information forever, instead of just five minutes. <span class="emoticon e_sad" title=":("><span class="e__">:(</span></span><br /> <br /> ( Why on earth did they implement "default 1 million" combined with a default retry wait time of 30 seconds!? That would have meant nearly a whole year trying? <span class="emoticon e_questioned" title=":?"><span class="e__">:?</span></span> )<br /> <br /> Anyhow, everything all swapped around now. <span class="emoticon e_smile" title=":)"><span class="e__">:)</span></span><br /> <br /> Fortunately the disk I wanted to change was in the [relatively] easy access compartment, instead of requiring me to take the whole case off like the other one apparently would require.<br /> <br /> Now to re-organise various files I had shunted around back to their logical homes...</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=39285.20&return_msg=39285.11" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="39285.20"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>