Drive Image 4.0 question

[jim.t]

I've been using DI as a backup/recovery tool for my complete harddrive, but need to do more. Since DI copies sector by sector instead of file by file, does that completely eliminate the ability to do a selective backup of a partition/drive as opposed to all of the partition/drive?

Dimension 4100, PIII-866 MHz, 256MB ,
Windows ME, LG 8080b, Sam SD-612

[Harold7]

You can use DI 4.0 to image a partition without any problems.

You can also restore any information from an image file back to anywhere you specify by using the DI File Editor.

I store images of all my partitions on a separate HD for safety and have no problems restoring an entire partition or individual files from one HD to another... great for experimenting with new software, just create a new image file and store it and if you have problems just restore the image back to the previous condition. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[jim.t]

Thanks, Harold, but am I right with my statement regarding the absence of selective file backup capability, meaning complete partition images are the only way?

[Dave_H]

Yes, thats correct.
Dave

[jim.t]

Ok...thanks.

[Harold7]

Dave's got it right, however, once you create and store an image of a partition, you can extract individual files from that image and place them wherever you wish. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif