[Discussion] Mirroring an os/2 Drive

[Thomas Clayton]

Dear Jim:

Ah. You're not RAID mirroring. Rather, you're making identical copies.

How about the "Copy Partition" in some drive utility: Partition Magic Symantec - was Power Quest), Partition Manager (Paragon Software), or this list's favorite drive utility DFSee (?) ? 

I've never used DFSee but many on this list speak highly of it. So, If someone says that will do it, I'd suggest you try it.

I've got older Part. Magic (3, 4) which still "knows" HPFS part'n.s when they see them and recently "backed-up" my Warp 3, 3C part'n.s with them. From what I've "listened to" on this list, at some latter version, P. Magic STOPPED "supporting" HPFS volumes.

Part. Manager I got free a month, or so, ago from the Give-Away-Of-the Day website. I used it briefly running under WinXP. (You _HAVE TO_ install it, the day you download it.) I copied the part'n.s from a "squeaky old" 20GB HDD to "silent running" 20GB HDD with it. Other than that, I haven't played around with it and have NO idea whether it "supports" HPFS (or JFS) in ANY way, what-so-ever.



Sincerely,

Thomas Clayton


--- On Wed, 11/18/09, jim.scott at scottelectronic.com <jim.scott at scottelectronic.com> wrote:

> From: jim.scott at scottelectronic.com <jim.scott at scottelectronic.com>
> Subject: [Discussion] Mirroring an os/2 Drive
> To: discussion at possi.org
> Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 11:23 PM
> 
> What do I need to do to clone os/2 drives completely?
> 
> I have a 60GB drive partitioned into two parts, C: and
> D:  
> 
> I want to add another drive to the computer to use solely
> as a backup.  If I swap it, I want it to work. 
> 
> Diskcopy???
> 
> I have found that some special files do not get copied when
> using xcopy /h/o/t/s/e/r/v
> 
> The net.acc comes to mind.  As I recall I can run
> saveacc, but how do I get it back once transferred.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Jim Scott
> 
> --------------------------------
> Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the
> hope of retaining another--too often ending in the loss of
> both.
> ~Tryon Edwards~

Uh. Not NECESSARILY!