Re: Using Drive Image to adjust space?

"Rod Speed" wrote:
Timothy Daniels wrote:
Rod Speed wrote
Timothy Daniels wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Timothy Daniels wrote 

Notice, Terry, that Rod is saying "image file" and not "clone".
This differentiating terminology is not used consistently from
one copy utility to another,

Wrong with the mainstream utes. 

The most mainstream "ute" now is Ghost 9.0,
and its User's Manual doesn't use the term "clone".


The term image file is used consistently between
Ghost and True Image, which is the next most
mainstream still current imager.


And neither Ghost 9.0 nor True Image 8.0 (the most
recent versions of those utilities) use the term "clone".
Here is the User's Manual for True Image 8.0:
http://us1.download.acronis.com/pdf/trueimage8.0_ug.en.pdf

That is just plain wrong, search on the word clone. 


   Thanks for pointing that out, Rod, as it proves my point about
   there being no consistency among cloning utilities in the use
   of the term "clone".  Ghost doesn't refer to a "clone" at all,
   and True Image uses it to refer to a copy of an entire disk,
   not just a partition.  As a matter of fact, that particular feature
   is why I don't use Acronis's True Image for cloning - I clone
   just one partition from the source HD, and I put it among other
   partitions on the destination HD.  That cannot be done in
   True Image without a 2-step process of first making an image
   file of the partition onto some media, and then "restoring"
   that image file onto the destination HD.  With Ghost and
   Casper XP, that can be done in one step.  And since
   Casper XP is $20 cheaper than Ghost 9.0 and it doesn't require
   Microsoft's .NET Framework to run (as Ghost 9.0 does), I use
   it instead of Ghost. for all my cloning chores.  You can even
   download a free trial version from:
   www.FSSdev.com/products/casperxp/


*TimDaniels*
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