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Backup only question
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Posted by: Billbo1970

If you buy a 2nd identical drive SOLELY FOR A VIRGIN BACKUP, would it work just doing a Disk Copy (or Drive Copy)? Those programs don't care what is on the drive, they copy data whether it knows what it is or not. In theory, it should work (and it's fast). Has anyone tried it though?

Bill

Posted by: jack

A lot of programs don't recognize the partition type that tivo
uses so they won't copy them.

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Posted by: sjf

AND virgin backups are only a concern if you are trying to compress them. For a full drive-to-drive backup, the source drive's virginity is irrelevant.

Posted by: Billbo1970

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Originally posted by sjf:
AND virgin backups are only a concern if you are trying to compress them. For a full drive-to-drive backup, the source drive's virginity is irrelevant.

I'm such a DOPE! I should have realized that little bit of info there... http://www.avsforum.com/ubbtivo/redface.gif

Posted by: HTH

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Originally posted by sjf:
AND virgin backups are only a concern if you are trying to compress them. For a full drive-to-drive backup, the source drive's virginity is irrelevant.

Except whatever it did to lose its virginity, it must have been pre-marital. You want to make your backup pre-consummation.

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Posted by: ADent

Dylan's boot disk and dd work very well and don't require that much effort.

If you do use the full disk backup I would actually use the thing for a few days/week to make sure the modem works, no stuttering, etc.

You must make the backup before adding the second drive. I run off of the backup and the original is sitting on my shelf.

Posted by: sjf

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Originally posted by HTH:
Except whatever it did to lose its virginity, it must have been pre-marital. You want to make your backup pre-consummation.

Well, as usual, virginity has nothing to do with marriage! http://sam.wood.tripod.com/smilies/emb.gif