True Image 8.0 - question for users

[Jeff H]

Guys,

A question for TI users. I have True Image 8.0 build 786 (most recent) and have successfully imaged my two partitions to CD-R. Now I'd like to clone my HD (Samsung 160GB on HPT372 controller) to another Samsung 160GB in a Vantec USB 2.0 enclosure.

Is TI able to take a "new" (unpartitioned/unformatted) HD and clone to it, or must the drive be "set up" previously?

FYI OS is WinXP Pro, SP1a, fully patched. Mainboard is EPoX EP-4PDA2+ i865PE, cpu is Intel P4-2.8MHz 800FSB, 1GB Corsair XMS PC3200.

TIA,

Jeff

 

[ty1er]

Is TI able to take a "new" (unpartitioned/unformatted) HD and clone to it, or must the drive be "set up" previously?

using an unpartitioned/unformatted HD is the way to go. Im pretty sure that even if you did have your new HD partitioned, the program would end up asking you to delete them anyways./

 

[BlueWeasel]

TI has the capability to clone the partitions on an unformatted HD either by proportioning the partitions accordingly or by sizes you specify.

 

[Jeff H]

Guys, thanks for the responses. That's what I wanted to hear. Now I'm just waiting for my Vantec USB 2.0 enclosure to arrive from Newegg, and I'll be ready to go.

Jeff

 

[corkyg]

Cloning is really easy - I do it with TI every couple of weeks on 3 computers. Each has one or two cloned backup HDDs. I had TI 8 create the bootable CD. Then I connect both drives and boot using the CD. Then I follow the menu - select CLONE. Then MANUAL. Then select the source and target drives, and you can use a cherry target or a used one. If used, it lets you delete all existing partitions and data, then proceeds to do the cloning. You also can tell it to keep all data on the source drive. You end up with two identical drives.

I put them on switches so I can boot from either one. It is the fastest backup procedure going - never a need to restore an image. The backup drive is simply ready to go.

 

[Jeff H]

Corky-G, thanks for the reply. I had considered going that route, but ended up deciding on an external USB 2.0 enclosure route. I don't think I even need to drop out to the boot CD, I should be able to do the cloning procedure w/i Windows.

In your experience is the boot to CD method faster or more reliable than doing the cloning w/i Windows?

Jeff