Dave: ... XXCLONE is not an "ordinary"; backup/restore tool. In the quest of making the simplest way to have a backup disk for a large segment of Windows...
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pat1ck
Jan 1, 2004 2:11 pm
Hi Kan, Thank you for your response to my very muddled and in most cases if not all, lacking in clarity, which I shall now attempt to rectify. I received your...
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John Zeman
john041650
Jan 1, 2004 6:32 pm
I'm a little confused about something.. Not having tried out xxclone yet (it's on my to do list though) I realize I may be completely off base, but I have the...
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mgomgo
Jan 1, 2004 7:45 pm
Yes Xxclone will create a bootable drive only, but that is just one of the options. It will also make a faithful exact copy of all files in the source drive...
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st8othings
Jan 2, 2004 3:43 am
Hi There, XXCOPY was highly recommended to me by Bob Hansen on the Textpad forum, as _possibly_ being able to help me with a gnarly copy job. Here's the...
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mgomgo
Jan 2, 2004 4:47 am
The xxcopy tecnical bulletins are keyword searchable...you may want to browse thru those to get some answers and switches for your needs. At least that's the...
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Garry Deane
garrydeane
Jan 2, 2004 5:58 am
... <snip> ... Xxcopy can do all of these things EXCEPT copy the files in alphabetical order. Xxcopy processes files in "natural" order (as they appear in an...
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Kan Yabumoto
tech_xxcopy
Jan 2, 2004 6:01 am
... The current version of XXCOPY does not support operation based upon sorted order. XXCOPY's support on externally created file as the list of file items is...
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Michael Marquart
foxidrive
Jan 2, 2004 6:34 am
... It's doable, with a little help from xxcopy and a batch file. This assumes Windows 2K or XP and enough disk space for two copies of the source files. In...
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Pat Hyde
pat1ck
Jan 2, 2004 10:06 am
Hi Mike, It appears that one of two things have happened. I believe that I responded to your email suggestion, which I did try. Or in the second place, you...
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Garry Deane
garrydeane
Jan 2, 2004 11:25 am
... <snip> ... Pat, I've no idea whether this will work but it might be worth a try (you've got nothing to lose). It seems from your reports that Xxclone is...
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Pat Hyde
pat1ck
Jan 2, 2004 12:05 pm
Hi Garry, I have two problems. 1: I have already reformatted the Target Drive and used Xxcopy to provide the copy I have been discussing. 2: The reason I have...
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mgomgo
Jan 2, 2004 12:37 pm
On my machine, the Kodak Pictures folder is in Docoments and Settings, both on the source and the destination drive. The source also holds the Kodak Pictures...
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Kan Yabumoto
tech_xxcopy
Jan 2, 2004 2:32 pm
... Don't worry about the time limit. We will release a newer version of XXCLONE before the current one expires (30 days after the release) which will be...
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Harold 38
harold382003
Jan 2, 2004 2:32 pm
I have been reading this thread with interest for several days. Am not a user of XXCLONE yet, but have been reading about it. The following statement from...
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Pat Hyde
pat1ck
Jan 2, 2004 2:39 pm
Hi Garry, Before I go any further and to hopefully avoid further confusion from me: Have just completed the reformatting and XXclone of the Target drive. I...
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Pat Hyde
pat1ck
Jan 2, 2004 2:46 pm
Hi Mike, just received your mail, I'm sorry that I cannot attend to it directly, you have probably seen my mail to Garry. Once I have put Garry's suggestions ...
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mgomgo
Jan 2, 2004 3:46 pm
It seems that every time somebody gives you a specific suggestion to track down a problem, you always have the excuse that you've got something else going on...
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Pat Hyde
pat1ck
Jan 2, 2004 4:24 pm
Hi Harold, OOps! that command is incorrect it should have read: xxclone.exe C: D:/backup2/bc0 for incremental backup kind regards and sorry for the misleading...
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Pat Hyde
pat1ck
Jan 2, 2004 4:31 pm
Hi Mike, I am not playing games with you or anyone else. I can deal with one particular suggestion at any one time. Garry's suggestion had been put to me some...
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Pat Hyde
pat1ck
Jan 2, 2004 5:08 pm
Hi Garry, As I had to run Xxclone from scratch on a reformatted drive did that and allowed any reboots to be carried out. I got the same results as previously,...
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Pat Hyde
pat1ck
Jan 2, 2004 5:22 pm
Hi Mike, Right I am now at the point where I have had a very quick look at your suggestions. You are right, I have returned some 40 - 50 folders some of which...
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st8othings
Jan 2, 2004 8:17 pm
Garry, Kan & Michael . . . first, a blessed and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you, as well. :) There is a lot of information here to experiment with. Kan, I don't...
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Dan Anderson
dan.anderson@...
Jan 2, 2004 8:57 pm
Happy New Year! Has anyone else encountered an error-condition with CHKDSK /p when testing a cloned (logical) XP partition created using XXCLONE? I was getting...
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Dan Anderson
dan.anderson@...
Jan 2, 2004 9:16 pm
I've always been somewhat confused by the partition# that XXCLONE uses when defining the source and destination partitions. I was not really affected before...
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Dan Anderson
dan.anderson@...
Jan 2, 2004 9:21 pm
Is there any reason why the default approach now for XXCLONE is to overwrite the MBR? What is the purpose of the overwrite? Each time I run xxclone now, it...
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Pat Hyde
pat1ck
Jan 3, 2004 5:07 am
Hi Mike, I said that I would attempt your suggestions and to that end required a little time. I started this little exercise at 0115hrs this morning.. As I...
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pat1ck
Jan 3, 2004 7:19 am
Hi Kan, I am a little concerned that I may be taking up too much of your and other users time due to my problems with Xxclone. Can you tell me if I am the only...
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pat1ck
Jan 3, 2004 8:16 am
Hi Garry, Since I last sent you my report on my findings regarding your suggestions. I have been searching my system for the winnt\xxclone.ini file. Finally...
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Garry Deane
garrydeane
Jan 3, 2004 8:37 am
... <snip> Ok now I'm confused and maybe getting beyond my depth. 1. First Xxclone (full) on a re-formatted drive requires a re-boot to change the drive...
