Followup on DI, PM products
Yes, PM 4 comes with both NT/95 (32 bit) executables and dos executables. Especially impressive is that the 32 bit executable can do many modifications without a reboot, and it does them very, very quickly. If you modify a partition that can't be rewritten because it is currently in use, it primes the system for the changes, then finishes them upon a reboot.
More generally, it waits for you to input all the changes you want to your partitions, and then executes them all in batch mode. This is nice for several reasons. For one thing, you can play with how changes "look" before actually comitting to them.
I'm hoping that they upgrade DI with a similar 32-bit executable soon. When that happens, I'll have little reason to avoid NTFS any more, and also will find DI an easier solution for most of my backup needs.
Were I powerquest, I'd market something like PM Deluxe that had all the functionality of both programs. They both incorporate aspects of the other's technology, and as Sean, myself, and others have suggested, they complement each other nicely. (BTW, for those who haven't used them, DI incorporates the functionality of drive copy. PM could also function to do essentially the same thing.)
PM 3 or 4 will modify NTFS partitions, even from DOS. There seems to be no problem modifying the partitions--just accessing the files on the partitions (hence the Drive image restore from NTFS problem.)
Also, PM 3 has a tough time with > 8 gb drives. PM 4 handles them with no problem (as I've verified with my 11.5 gig Maxtor.) |
