Therefore, if you do the mistake and attach a ‘perfect clone’, one that is bit for bit identical with the original, for example, if you restored a disk image to a new disk on the same computer where the disk image was taken originally, Windows will ‘correct’ the clone and give it a new ID. Unlike other solutions, BackupChain runs in the background in Windows, does not require a boot stick or disk or a reboot, and modifies the clone so that it can live side-by-side with the original disk, sort of like a live backup disk.ĭid you know, Windows and all other operating systems do not allow perfect clones to be attached simultaneously? That’s because each disk must have a unique ID. As soon as the cloning process is finished, the cloned disk can be used to boot from. The clone disk is already attached and is being written to during the process. It does so by contacting all VSS aware services to prepare for live backup and then uses a ‘frozen view’, that is guaranteed to be consistent, to create the clone. Live disk cloning software creates a clone while the operating system is running.
That’s where disk cloning comes in handy.ĭisk cloning in BackupChain is unique. Hence, you need to wait for the restore process to write all that data back to a disk and in the case of really large disks, this could take a while. When you need to restore a disk, you need a new disk to copy the contents of the disk image file back onto. A disk image is a single file that holds the content of a disk. Disk cloning is the process of creating a duplicate disk, ready to go when you need it hence, there is no restore operation involved. Disk cloning and disk imaging backup are two different animals you can do both with BackupChain and in this post we’re look specifically into the disk cloning bits and pieces.ĭisk cloning differs fundamentally from disk imaging.
But first off, let’s make sure we are both talking about the same thing. If you’re looking for live disk cloning software, let me introduce you to BackupChain’s unique way of disk cloning.
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