imaging in Linux with IFW/IFD/IFL

Someone tells me that IFD did not have disk caching ability, so that it in many conditions will be very slow.

Anyone can confirm that?

 

All that I can confirm is that IFD and IFL are substantially slower than IFW (based on my experience).

Scott

 

Yes, I also have the same experience.

But IFD still has its advantages, such as small in size with fast boot up time.

Maybe adding a disk caching driver for IFD, then IFD will speed up a little bit

 

Yes DOS always boots up quickly and I really like the new IFD GUI ...but in its present state it takes much longer than IFW to backup/restore the very same source (maybe disk caching is the answer)!

Scott

 

Scott,

How much longer does IFD take? Is there a difference between using BIOS and BIOS (Direct)? I had a computer (2 years ago) where BIOS (Direct) was three times faster than BIOS.

 

Brian, I have found that IFD took almost twice as long to backup/restore my C-drive as does IFW. As I recall I didn't see any noticeable improvement by selecting BIOS Direct.

IFD (esp with its new GUI) would be a killer app for cold-imaging if it could come close to matching the speed of IFW!

Scott

 

Scott,

I guess it is different hardware. I've done a comparison test on two computers and IFW is 10% faster on each. There is no difference between BIOS and BIOS (Direct) on these computers. IFL is about 5% slower than IFD on these computers. However others have reported IFL is the fastest of the three.

 

On my system IFL is somewhat faster than IFD, but TB really needs to redo its GUI (as they did with IFD)!

 

I like the old IFD GUI. It's fast if you know the keyboard shortcuts.

 

Showoff!

 

Newbie and general users would not like the text console, they like GUI more.

I think if IFL has a GUI, it will be more user-friendly for newbie and general users.

Of course, if IFD can speed up in backup and restore, I think more people will like it. I am the one who like cold-imaging more than hot-imaging.

 

I feel that way about IFL...once it's booted up I can kick off an image in seconds as I have the key commands memorized more or less. It's one of those rare times that type of interface is faster than a more "user-friendly" GUI...

 

I must be the only one with the opposite experience...HAHA. I find IFL blazing fast compared to IFW...and even more so to IFD. Must be hardware related?

 

Maybe

If both of you can list your PC's config, then you may find some hints

I list my first
AMD Athlon X4 620 2.6GHz
Gigabytes 785GT mainbroad
16GB DDR3 1333 RAM
3.5' 7200rpm SATA2 HDD
OS : Windows 7 SP1
WinPE : PE 3.1 (Based on Windows 7 SP1 32bit)