Clone or Image?

Guest2 · 29 Mar 2010 at 13:31

I have finally got around to testing a clone of a server 2003 machine at work. We have an 8gb memory stick which is enough to take an image of the drive (3.5gb)

I used R-Drive image to try and do this but it fails with an IO error (error reading sector ******** on disk c:, data error, cycle redundancy check)

I read info on R-Drive and it also supports RAID 5 which is used on the server I will be carrying out a proper clone of.

Is it better to create a clone of a disk (requiring an 80gb drive) or image?

I also tried Clonezilla but I got an error in that, presumably because the USB pen drive is only 8gb

I am looking for some software to Eventually clone a Server 2003 Terminal Services server that is using RAID 5. Cheaper the better (free is even better!)

bledd · 29 Mar 2010 at 14:15

memorystick probably has filesize limitation, either image to a network location or use an external hard drive

Guest2 · 29 Mar 2010 at 15:26

Are right thanks. I'm trying to make a backup image from a laptop now. I scanned the worksttion machine with 2003 on and it has a damaged black

Cheers

Raumarik · 29 Mar 2010 at 16:37

If you're able to format the USB pen drive to NTFS it'll probably work, mine does but I prefer a larger 200Gb USB drive for images as it's far faster. I do use Ghost though.

Guest2 · 29 Mar 2010 at 16:47

Will it not work in FAT32? I'm just creating the image now using R-Drive and so far no errors like before. I downloaded Ghost but seemed like another Norton package, bloated with load un-needed crap. I just need a program like that i can fire up, run a straight clone to external drive, run a startup cd then restore the clone

Guest2 · 30 Mar 2010 at 09:16

Dammit, i started to try and restore the image from USB stick with R-Drive Image and it got to a part where it says

"Error - Trial version will not perform and actual data transfer, your system will be rebooted now"

****ing great!

Raumarik · 30 Mar 2010 at 09:49

I only use Ghost in DOS mode, I don't actually install it - hence no garbage on the PC.

FAT32 has a file size limit, 2Gb I think or could be 4Gb with Ghost limiting it to 2Gb and simply splitting the image.