What are the advantages of cloning my hard drive?
- In case of a
major hard drive failure, you would be back up and running in a matter of minutes
allowing your business to continue with minimal interruption.
- No longer would you have to remember all of those codes and
configurations for all of your various programs.
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Cloning keeps all of your original computer settings such as partitions, drive
structure, passwords, internet configurations, cable modem, wifi, bluetooth,
DSL settings, desktop, folder views, fonts etc intact.
- Protect against fire, flood, lightning strike etc.....
- All of your original programs will be pre-installed on the clone and ready
for immediate use in an emergency saving you an immense amount of work hours.
Just plug in your cloned drive and you're up and running!
- Upgrade your hard drive to a larger and faster drive (example 80Gig to a 250Gig)
- Maintain your original partition, format, and drive structure (Example: Windows
and Macintosh platforms)
Consider the cloned drive as an invaluable insurance policy without the recurring
monthly payments.
Since I do daily backups of my hard drive, isn't that enough?
Daily backups only back up your data, NOT operating systems, programs, system configurations, settings etc.. This is why we can not emphasize enough the importance of cloning your hard drive. Tallyn's Drive-Cloning Service will replicate all of your programs, software and configurations. Your data will be cloned as of the date that this service is performed. As long as the cloned drive is put in a SIMILAR machine with SIMILAR hardware, a cloned drive will function just as it was prior to your original drive failure. This service is not intended to replace your normal backup procedure which is extremely important!
Should I clone all of my drives?
In most cases you would only clone the primary server or workstation that is most important to your business. You will have peace of mind knowing that your business will not shut down in case of a drive or hardware failure.
Where should I store the cloned drive?
We highly recommend that you either store the cloned drive in a fire proof safe or store it off site.
What happens if my drive fails and I have no clone?
Without a cloned drive, you would have to find a replacement drive, install the operating system with drivers, redo your configuration, and reload ALL your software before you could reload your last backup. Now consider this, is a copy of your operating system software, programs, and drivers for your systems hardware readily available? Did you keep any notes on your system configuration? What about all the updates to your system since you've been using it? This process could take anywhere from 8 hours to two weeks to complete and most would require some professional help to get this done. Can your business afford to be down for a few hours? ...Days? ...Weeks?
Protect your Hard Drive data and ALL it's programs NOW from the possibility of hard drive failure!