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    Question Disk imaging

    So how do you take an image of an XP/Vista install for if/when the raid 0 array dies?

    It's another one of those things I've never done before

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    RAID can be more difficult than a standard drive, but Acronis True Images picks up works fine with my RAID0 array (Intel ICHR8 onboard controller).

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    Can definitely recommend Acronis, truly great and easy software. Whatever you do, stay away from Norton/Systemworks - they are truly awful!

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    This may sound like a ridiculous question, it's one of those things I always wanted to ask but thought I'd look like an idiot if I did. How much space do images take up? For example if I made an image of a clean install, I think that's about 4Gb, would it take up 4Gb of space or is there some form of compression?

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    you can usually choose the level of compression, yep. In my experience, expect to be able to save 50% or so, so your 4GB install would compress to a 2GB disk image.

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    Quote Originally Posted by doddsy View Post
    This may sound like a ridiculous question, it's one of those things I always wanted to ask but thought I'd look like an idiot if I did. How much space do images take up? For example if I made an image of a clean install, I think that's about 4Gb, would it take up 4Gb of space or is there some form of compression?
    Using the 'normal' Acronis profile, a 9.1gb partition (with about 400mb free space) uses 5.5gb when imaged here. You could probably knock that down to 4.5gb using the maximum compression.

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    Another vote for Acronis, though I have been beta-testing the new version of Ghost (12, I think) and it's come on in leaps and bounds.

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