high praise for "WinClone" tool (for bootcamp users)
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Feb 4, 2007, 04:48 PM
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don montalvo Senior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 111 |
high praise for "WinClone" tool (for bootcamp users) based on advice from parallels forum users, i downloaded and used winclone to create a backup of my bootcamp partition. until now i've been using terminal or ghost to create backups. apparently a typo screwed up my last terminal created bootcamp partition. i hung things up for a while because we're in the middle of a large enterprize rollout. now that i'm back i decided to get a fresh start, so i wiped/rebuilt my bootcamp partition. after installing windows xp sp2 (and running every update available), and installing/upgrading microsoft office 2003, norton, my windows applications/utilties, etc., i was ready to create my clone. i remembered someone mentioned winclone (apologies for not giving due credit to original posters, a search should show who praised winclone some weeks ago). i booted into mac osx, installed parallels 3150rc2, and made sure everything was in order, then i quit parallels and downloaded winclone. their tech notes are very informative: http://www.twocanoes.com/winclone/details.html i launched it and was greeted with not only an idiot-proof interface, but to my delight, a log window opened INCLUDING full display of input/output (terminal command, progress, errors, etc.). creating a clone took about 20 minutes. after a few day of tinkering, i decided to put winclone to the test. i purposely hosed my windows partition by removing a few key files and exiting windows. after the expected "hey, you can't launch windows because some files are corrupt" error, i launched winclone and reimaged my bootcamp partition. reimaging took less than 15 minutes. everything launched fine. no issues, no problems, just smooth sailing. i can't praise winclone enough. sure, i can continue using the terminal, but with a gui that's designed right from the ground up, why bother? of course i'll continue to hone my terminal skills and will have the commands standing by incase i need to use the terminal again, but i wanted to post this so anyone using paralells can rest assured there's decent (and free) backup solution for their bootcamp partition. note to parallels team - you guys should look at this, maybe create a tool of your own that uses the same terminal commands? don __________________ don montalvo, nyc curmudgeon at large |
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