IanT

Member since: Sep 5th, 2008

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5 Free Apps to Clone Your Hard Drive (Download Squad)

Sep 7th 2008 2:44PM "Yes, Macrium Reflect does the same thing and looks nicer, but it's $39.99."

That sentence is incorrect. Reflect is Free and better specified than DXML. The review here: http://rickstech.blogspot.com/ is the *only* source on the Internet that gives comparative results of timings and image sizes between DXML and Macrium Reflect. And Macrium Reflect is compatible with Vista, DXML isn't (requires BartPE).

There really isn't anything more to say. You may not trust the results of the review but It's been corroborated and you are wrong. Instead of arguing about semantics perhaps you could contribute something usefull by commenting on this article.

JerichoJones: 5GB in 12 minutes is slow.

5 Free Apps to Clone Your Hard Drive (Download Squad)

Sep 7th 2008 3:50AM I'm afraid you've lost the plot.

Do you think you can transfer 3 GB in 4 mins using USB 1.1 ? Whether the backup drive is external or internal is irrelevant for a comparative test of software (unless you're reviewing backup drives).

Your assertion that there 'are too many variables' to test VSS is nonsense. You *must* make the basic assumption that:

1. The reviewer was solely performing a backup and not performing other tasks during the backup.

2. The same data was backed up during all tests.

If you think that this isn't a credible source of information because either of the above is untrue then say so and point us to a review that contradicts these findings. As you can't AND I've independantly corroborated (part) of the results, this makes the review a good source of information. QED.

5 Free Apps to Clone Your Hard Drive (Download Squad)

Sep 6th 2008 12:28PM "That "review" is not a good source of information"

Hmmm... from that review:
DXML:
Image creation time: 38:21
Image size: 6.93 GB
Image restore time:59:22

MR
Image creation time: 4:47
Image size: 3.31 GB
Image restore time:4:22

I have tried both and can agree with these findings. Macrium Reflect is massively faster. The Macrium Reflect image was created 'hot' using Volume Shadow Services whereas DXML was created 'cold'. The impact of VSS is minimal, and would make Macrium Reflect *slower*, yet the difference is staggering.

5 Free Apps to Clone Your Hard Drive (Download Squad)

Sep 5th 2008 4:13PM And Macrium Reflect free is faster and better specified that DXML!

There's a good review here of Macrium Reflect free Vs DXML, Acronis & Ghost.

http://rickstech.blogspot.com/