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Date:	Fri, 26 Jul 2002 09:59:53 PST7
From:	"J. R. Fox" <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Drive Image Backups

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Wayne wrote:

> Drive Image looks as though it could do the job for me by copying
> the D: partition to another hard drive as a file (via boot-up Dr
> DOS diskettes) and then "restored" later the same way if need be.
> Anyone have comments on that? I don't have any removable media to
> write to except for diskettes.

Those .PQI partition image files get to be large enough that you
need a CD-burner. Even a 250M. zip disk won't be enough. I don't
know if the images can be spanned to diskette (DI 4.0 is supposed
to offer spanning to multiple CD's, if necessary), but you would
find the process to be excruciating.

Jordan

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