I don't know from what you are saying why Acronis won't work for you.
I can look at all my files from an Acronis backup.
I never tried copying a file out but I bet I could do a drag and drop.
Sam
Joe User wrote:
Hello j,
Friday, March 28, 2008, 12:20:16 PM, you wrote:
Personally I would not clone a drive via file system
copy but if I was I guess I'd
use Robocopy.
I know you said not image, but Seagate/Maxtor now
licenses a LE version of Acronis
that is free. It does no compression and requires that
a maxtor/seagate drive be
attached to the system.
Yeah, all I want to do here is make a total and true copy of the
persons old drive and place it on the new drive...
xcopy d:\*.* c:\olddrive\*.* /r /i /c /h /k /e /y
They wouldn't boot to the copy or anything but if a couple months go
by and they remember oh I wish I saved that pic or golly what was
that persons email address, wish I had that plugin, etc...
This is why Drive Image / Acronis won't work for me.
