Re: Why this configuration not working?

"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> If you dont want to go that route because of the effort involved,
....
>>> you should be able to get the same result by copying the install
>>> that is on the 60G drive to each of the 200G drives, BUT ITS
>>> ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL TO MAKE THE COPY WITH SOMETHING
>>> LIKE TRUE IMAGE FROM THE BOOTED CD SO YOU CAN STOP
>>> ONCE THE COPY HAS BEEN MADE AND PHYSICALLY DISCONNECT
>>> THE 60G DRIVE BEFORE BOOTING THE COPY OF XP FOR THE
>>> FIRST TIME.

>> Presumably my Drive Image 2002 (or 5.0 which sits in its
>> box uninstalled) is equivalent to True Image in this context?
>
>In capability, yes. Not as convenient to use tho because you
>can just boot the TI CD and do it from there and using the
>bootable CD makes it very easy to pause once the copy
>has been done and physically unplug the 60G drive before
>the first boot of XP after the copy has been made.

I'm back on the case and am seriously considering my next step.

I spent most of today getting away from the messy situation where I
was booting into disk 1 partition 1, H. That resulted in confusion
about where applications were recording their settings, as discussed
in separate thread 'Which partition for recording changes?' I am now
booting into disk 0 partition 1, C. I had to make a lot of changes to
drive labels, shortcuts etc, but I feel more comfortable now.

So the current status is as shown in this revised screenshot:
http://www.terrypin.dial.pipex.com/Images/CurrentStatus2.gif

As you probably saw, right now I *don't* have the OS copied to the
second 200GB disk, although the partition is ready for it. That is
therefore probably my next step.

Although it would be good to be using the same tool as you, TI, I'm
hesitant. Not just because of its 50 USD price, when I've already
bought DI and PM, but because it's yet one more learning exercise. So
unless I get urgent warnings to the contrary, I think I'm now going to
use DI 2002 > Copy Drive to copy C to F. I *think* I should be able to
find some way to get it to stop before it automatically reboots into
the risk mode you and others have warned me about. But, if I'm wrong
on that point, then presumably I need to be around in the end stages
of its 4-5 hour run, and maybe just power off? Have to say though that
it seems crazy to me that if the risk really is that serious, there
isn't some no-brainer way to avoid it, and stop the PC long enough to
disconnect one of the disks! Perhaps some of the DI users here can
comment please?

BTW, I already do have a week old image file of C made with DI, called
J:\IMAGES\CtoJ-7Nov05.pqi. I suppose I could instead restore that to
F? The upside might be some time saved, but the downside is that it
wouldn't include all the tweaks and changes I've made in that week. Do
most experienced users do their copying/restoring via images or via
clones?

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK
Sun 13 November 2005, 16:41 UK time
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