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Subject: [OM] Re: SyncBack, was Re: **SPAM** Re: Back up your data.
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 16:09:13 -0700
Chuck Norcutt wrote:

>I didn't give up on XXCLONE in favor of SyncBack (which I didn't know 
>about at the time and which can't actually clone the boot drive) but in 
>favor of the Western Digital clone utility.
>
>The WD utility comes with a new WD drive to allow you to clone your old 
>drive in favor of the new (and presumably  larger) WD drive.  Unlike the 
>equivalent Seagate utility, the WD utility did not complain about trying 
>to apply it to non-WD drives.  It also actually worked which the Seagate 
>did not.  The Seagate crapped out with an internal error before it got 
>to moving any actual data.  My suspicion is that the Seagate had not 
>been tested on Win 2000.  The WD utility works so well that I didn't see 
>any need to fuss with XXCLONE.
>  
>
Both of my regular drives are WDs, but I don't have that utility. If I 
did, I wouldn't have fussed with Partition Imager and wasted lots of 
time. Is the utility "Data Lifeguard 11"?

If so, I have just downloaded it. If not, would you mind sending me a copy?

Moose


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