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Franklin wrote: > --- Felix Miata wrote: > > Here's another option worth considering: > > http://www.xxcopy.com/index.htm > > > > I've used it. It does as claimed. > I thought cloning is copying partition byte by byte, sector by sector, > thus needing same or larger HD. I believe the xxcopy you mention does > the better way, by copying the files, without having to remember all > the switches necessary since /clone does it all for you. I like it. I don't think it's fair to say categorically that xxcopy is better than true cloning. Like anything, there are pluses and minuses. But to the poster I replied to, I believe it would suit his particular needs well enough. xxcopy /clone technically does not clone, but for it's intended purposes it works. -- "Love does not demand its own way." 1 Corinthians 13:5 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/partitioningindex.html Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/os2hardware/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: os2hardware-unsubscribe{at}yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ---* Origin: Waldo's Place USA Internet Gateway (1:3634/1000) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 5030/786 @PATH: 3634/1000 12 106/2000 633/267 |
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