Drive Image 5

Quick question. I have made a nice clean drive image (C of XP Pro, SP1 and
a few drivers.
I have 2 partitions of exactly the same size (C: and D. Can I restore the
image file of C: drive onto the D: drive and thus have 2 fully functional
copies of XP? I would of course edit the boot.ini (or whatever it's called)
to reflect the dual boot system.
I really don't want to have to install XP again on the D:
TIA

Use.Netuser.de

Sorry people wrong group

"Use.Netuser.de" <> wrote in message
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> Quick question. I have made a nice clean drive image (C of XP Pro, SP1
and
> a few drivers.
> I have 2 partitions of exactly the same size (C: and D. Can I restore
the
> image file of C: drive onto the D: drive and thus have 2 fully functional
> copies of XP? I would of course edit the boot.ini (or whatever it's
called)
> to reflect the dual boot system.
> I really don't want to have to install XP again on the D:
> TIA
>
>

great question i would love to do that too
i just reinstall everything..i don't trust an image..
maybe it would copy everything exact..just not
sure..but don't give up
"Use.Netuser.de" <> wrote in message
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> Quick question. I have made a nice clean drive image (C of XP Pro, SP1
and
> a few drivers.
> I have 2 partitions of exactly the same size (C: and D. Can I restore
the
> image file of C: drive onto the D: drive and thus have 2 fully functional
> copies of XP? I would of course edit the boot.ini (or whatever it's
called)
> to reflect the dual boot system.
> I really don't want to have to install XP again on the D:
> TIA
>
>

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 22:41:16 -0700, "bcm" <>
wrote:

>great question i would love to do that too
>i just reinstall everything..i don't trust an image..

I do.


--
Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com

Drive Image is excellent. I normally install a clean OS then image then add
service packs, necessary drivers and security updates and image again. I can
then re-install a clean system in around 5 minutes (or a clean image with
all the extras). The problem here is that if I image a C: drive all the
paths are saved with C: as the root so can't simply install the same image
on D:

"bcm" <> wrote: ...
> great question i would love to do that too
> i just reinstall everything..i don't trust an image..
> maybe it would copy everything exact..just not
> sure..but don't give up

> "Use.Netuser.de" <> wrote in message
> news:bd6vp5$oqpjk$...
> > Quick question. I have made a nice clean drive image (C of XP Pro, SP1
> and a few drivers.
> > I have 2 partitions of exactly the same size (C: and D. Can I restore
> the
> > image file of C: drive onto the D: drive and thus have 2 fully
functional
> > copies of XP? I would of course edit the boot.ini (or whatever it's
> called)

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 14:36:31 +0100, "Use.Netuser.de"
<> wrote:

>Quick question. I have made a nice clean drive image (C of XP Pro, SP1 and
>a few drivers.
>I have 2 partitions of exactly the same size (C: and D. Can I restore the
>image file of C: drive onto the D: drive and thus have 2 fully functional
>copies of XP? I would of course edit the boot.ini (or whatever it's called)
>to reflect the dual boot system.
>I really don't want to have to install XP again on the D:
>TIA
>


Using Acronis TrueImage (and editing the boot.ini file), I have been
able to copy the same image to two different sized partitions, C:\ and
F:\ and been able to boot off either. I installed XP to a 6 GB C:\
partition, then immediately used the TrueImage BootCD to make a
pristine image of a fresh installation of XP. I then restored the
image to a 3 GB F:\ Works great. You just have to make sure both
partitions are not logical.

have to say that drive image has saved my ass on more than one ocasion. Its
an excellent product.

Krys
"bcm" <> wrote in message
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> great question i would love to do that too
> i just reinstall everything..i don't trust an image..
> maybe it would copy everything exact..just not
> sure..but don't give up
> "Use.Netuser.de" <> wrote in message
> news:bd6vp5$oqpjk$...
> > Quick question. I have made a nice clean drive image (C of XP Pro, SP1
> and
> > a few drivers.
> > I have 2 partitions of exactly the same size (C: and D. Can I restore
> the
> > image file of C: drive onto the D: drive and thus have 2 fully
functional
> > copies of XP? I would of course edit the boot.ini (or whatever it's
> called)
> > to reflect the dual boot system.
> > I really don't want to have to install XP again on the D:
> > TIA
> >
> >
>
>