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Date:	Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:35:23 PST7
From:	eyeleica@lvcm.com
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Drive Image Backups

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Check out the rsj site. They have a special on burn software for os/2 for
around 75$

https://www.rsj.de/stage/en/cdwriter/../order/orderecs.asp

In <3D445D55.1F73F8A8@pacbell.net>, on 07/28/2002
at 12:08 PM, "J. R. Fox" said:

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>Wayne wrote:

>> As I said, my hope is to use Drive Image to save my systems partition to
>> another physical hard drive.

>Ah, I missed that part.

>> Last time I looked into a CD burner, I seem to
>> recall that it cost $250 for the needed software to support OS/2, in
>> addition to the cost of the Burner, and only certain Burners are supporte
>> d. Unless perhaps a burner is supported by the standalone diskette version

>> of Drive image, which is a possibility I guess, if one was willing to limit
>> use of the Burner to this alone. Hard drives are pretty cheap these days
>> (you can buy a whole lot of gigs for $250!), and I don't need to keep
>> multiple generations of my system drive.

>> Am I correct about the extra $250 cost of needed OS/2 software for a CD
>> Burner?

>Others had some good comments on this (like HCM on the RSJ bundle), but
>you don't absolutely have to go with RSJ. It is *ready to run* and works
>well, as long as your burner is on their supported list. I think that cd
>writing package (can't recall the name) that was ported from Unix is
>free. Before opting for RSJ, a few years back, I skimmed an overview for
>the other pkg., and decided it (like some other ported-from-Unix app.s
>I've seen) had too much assembly required for my feeble talents. If
>memory serves, you had to plug in ASPIROUT and maybe another piece or
>two, jump through some hoops, and then deal with a much less accessible
>UI and steeper program learning curve. Even the manual needed to be
>converted -- I finally got MAN_whatever, much later on, but have never
>used it -- before you could read the Docs. So I said "Uh, never mind."

>> Any comments on the viability of using PowerQuest's Drive Image to save

>> my OS/2 system partition to another hard drive?

>I do this all the time, but generally as a convenience, prior to
>archiving them onto cd. DI also has a packet writing (direct to CD)
>feature, which never worked for my hardware. It must be their problem,
>thought, because GHOST has a similar feature, and it does work here.

>I'm sure there are several points in favor of using extra &/or removeable
>hard drives for these backups. I happen to feel that it's hard to beat a
>few cd's for portability and easy, universal access.

>Jordan

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