Tony Smith wrote:

>>> Well, Acronis TrueImage solves the partitioning problem by not dealing
>>> with them, it's drive --> drive, none of this new fangled partition
>>> stuff.  Works nicely otherwise.  Doesn't work with NT anyway, IIRC.
>> 
>> It doesn't have to work with NT -- only with NT partitions (from the
>> Acronis boot CD). Besides the Acronis boot CD and the Linux solutions,
>> there are also the various Windows-based boot CD projects with assorted
>> tools.
> 
> By partitions, I meant a single drive split into multiple sections. 
> True Image doesn't like those much, as I found out the other day.  You
> can't, for instance, copy Drive 1 to a partition on Drive 2.  Ghost can.

I don't know what exactly you want to do, as there is no "naked" drive in
use in any of the common OSes -- they all partition the drive (and if it is
only one partition). True Image does handle partitions just fine, at least
the way I use it. I can copy a partition from any drive to any other drive.
The target partition must be equal or bigger than the source partition,
IIRC.

> And by not working with NT, I meant you can't install it there. 

I know, but for a simple, single drive imaging that's not really that
important. No need to install it in NT; just boot it from its own CD.

Gerhard

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