I do not understand - You are preaching to the
preacher!

Jay

CA>Hello Jay - 



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CA>TW>> Complete instructions are on their web site at

CA>JE> ----------------------------------

CA>TW> >http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy10.htm. Note that the clone operation
CA>TW> may need>to be done 2-3 times before it completes.

CA>JE> -----------------------------

CA>JE> This caught my eye. How on earth can CLONE OPERATION not BE
CA>JE> COMPLETE with the first operation???? If it isn't, how on
CA>JE> earth will you ever know when it IS complete? 

CA>It is _almost_ laughable with all these additional required
CA>'steps' it's a disaster waiting to happen and not a 'backup'
CA>method I would recommend when sober. 

CA>It would've been better to have just listed the URL to their
CA>webpage here on FIDO and let interested people wade through
CA>the entire description even though it's a waste of time.

CA>One problem with paraphrasing or clipping text, necessary
CA>information to fully understand the text can get lost.

CA>The instructions are for using a dosbox and certain files will
CA>be 'locked' by the system and not copied. I don't recall the
CA>logic exactly but eventually they claim it will get around to
CA>copying all of the files minus the VM swap file. 

CA>No method using any form of 'copy' be it xcopy, xxcopy, or
CA>drag-n-drop, will be a realiable 'clone' of the original
CA>Windows 9x and newer hard drive. Use of short filenames within
CA>the registry has made this impossible and Microsoft has
CA>admitted the problem exists. Anyone who will take the time to
CA>read the well-written websites explaining this will FOREVER
CA>abandon this notion and learn to work with bit copiers and
CA>image files. (though some that claim to be bit-copiers are not
CA>and this needs to be verified before relying on any of them) 

CA>Users of DOS, W30, W31, and WFWG can safely ignore this entire
CA>thread. 

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