when will ShadowProtect be able to restore an image to a smaller partition?

Hi

i'm a fan of ShadowProtect 4 , it's a great program
but with some very stupid lacks

for example
is not able to restore an image(without shadow protect installed inside the image) to a different hardware

but mostly it can't restore an image to smaller partition

they are talking even from v3

does someone know (maybe it's registered in storecraf) when will be able to restore an image to a smaller partition ?


i guess it's the only software
for example i have a partition of 100GB , with data about 1gb
i make an image of this 1gb
and i can not restore to a partition of 80Gb


thanks
cheers

 

How would restoring your personal data to a smaller partition violate copyrights?

 

Restoring to a smaller partition is becoming more popular, especially with the advent of SSD. Other uses are...

 

I think the technology to do this is "prohibited" by use of SP due to some copyright law(s)...I read about this once before but regret I don't recall more details. I will see what I can find out.

 

What I've always done when I wanted a smaller target partition is restore to the necessary target size the image requires, then use something like Partition Wizard to resize the partition to something smaller, then of course image the smaller re-sized partition. Although a bit time consuming, it works fine.

 

Is it only prohibited for Shadowprotect? Every other major imaging utility provides the ability to restore to a smaller partition. If the technology is patented by someone else, all SP has to do is to pay them a license fee.

or am I missing something here?

 

-http://www.storagecraft.com/kb/questions.php?questionid=88

 

And, then they charge an arm and a leg for it.

 

Agreed, they charge a lot for it, and I've complained about this before, but in the end, it's the best imaging/restore software I've used. I would buy it again.

 

Pricey, yes....licensing a little much, yes...however it's one of a small set of tools I have no issue trusting. There are so many free and cheap partition management tools out there you can always resize after the fact. HOWEVER, I totally get the frustration with it. It's been "on the radar" over there for ages and never seems to materialize. It's no deal killer for me, but I can appreciate the ease of doing the resize and restore using one tool on one job rather than using many tools, etc. Hopefully it will be coming!

 

may i know about copyright laws?

because acronis , paragon , active and almost every image software can do it

 

this procedure?

should be this http://www.storagecraft.com/kb/questions.php?questionid=88 ?

 

Re: this procedure?

Thanks, this is a good procedure to know, just in case.

 

Re: this procedure?

but mount the image and give the command xcopy z:\* c:\ /E /H /R /K /O /X /Y

should work!
i did a test with drive snapshot and it works

 

Re: this procedure?

right, it's work
but if you need to do this, you need not to have an imager
because you can also do C:\* X:\ /E /H /R /K /O /X /Y, it's free

 

Re: this procedure?

sorry did not get it ...

 

Re: this procedure?

I wouldn't trust this with Vista or Win7 in view of the multiple Junction Points...

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kb...nTips/Administration/CopyingUserProfiles.html

 

Re: this procedure?

I mean if you can use xcopy to restore, you can also use xcopy to backup your OS

 

Re: this procedure?

yes me too

 

Re: this procedure?

now i got it