[Trainer-Talk] Accessible / usable cloning software

[Mario Eiland]

But I have to ask, why a clone? Not that there's anything wrong with a
clone, but using any one of a number of backup and restore packages allows
you to
take a full system image that, provided there is enough room on the backup
drive, will always work if the space taken on the drive being backed up is
not
greater than that available for the full system image backup.

Brian,
I would be happy with that. The issue is finding accessible tools that would
let me do that. I downloaded one called MacRium, but it's not very JAWS
friendly at all. So, if someone could suggest a tool that would be at least
usable that would be awesome!
Thank you!
Mario

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Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] Accessible / usable cloning software

There does exist cloning software that will allow larger drives to be cloned
to smaller drives provided that the actual capacity used on that larger
drive does not exceed the capacity on the smaller one.

But I have to ask, why a clone?  Not that there's anything wrong with a
clone, but using any one of a number of backup and restore packages allows
you to take a full system image that, provided there is enough room on the
backup drive, will always work if the space taken on the drive being backed
up is not greater than that available for the full system image backup.

A clone will have the advantage of being "plug and play," though, but if you
are not able to do that plugging yourself, and many users are not, then it's
of virtually no advantage over imaging software.  It could be a
disadvantage, as you cannot use a cloned drive for anything else while
backup drives for imaging software have the images tucked in folders, and
the rest of the drive is yours to use for other things, if you so desire.

Brian
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