All I can say is that common usage conflates the two terms and every
reference does the same. These terms tend to evolve as computing ages.
I can appreciate the differences, but when you ask about cloning
nowadays, imaging programs will be included. I imagine this is because
the end result is the same: an exact duplicate of the drive.
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:40 AM, Peter Ekkerman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Yes ,I read the articles well before I posted my (previous) answer.
>
> First of all, wikipedia is not the be-all or end-all of definitions. It's a collection of contributions by many people who feel that have some knowledge to contribute.
> I seems that the various authors have taken the liberty to lump cloning programs together with imaging programs.
> They are NOT the same.
>
> A clone is directly "copied" , mostly sector by sector to a bootable hard drive (MBR has been written and different SID has been created) and can be booted from immediately.
>
> An image such as made by imaging programs and stored on a hard drive, are made in a proprietary format
> and CANNOT be booted from. Nor is that hard drive bootable.
> Only when the image is restored to the original- or a new hard drive ,can you boot up from that drive.
>
> To me that is a clear distinction.
> Can't make it any clearer.
>
> Peter E.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Hugh Vandervoort"
> Sent: Wednesday, 14 September, 2011 10:12 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Free Clone Program
>
> The definition of cloning seems to include imaging in most cases.
>
> "Disk cloning is the process of copying the contents of one computer
> hard disk to another disk or to an "image" file. Often, the contents
> of the first disk are written to an image file as an intermediate
> step, and the second disk is loaded with the contents of the image.
> This procedure is also useful when moving to a larger capacity disk or
> to restore the disk to a previous state."
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_cloning
>
> What is disk cloning?
>
> "Disk cloning is the act of copying the contents of a computer's hard
> drive. The contents are typically saved as a disk image file and
> transferred to a storage medium, which could be another computer's
> hard drive or removable media such as a DVD or a USB drive."
> http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/disk-cloning.html
>
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