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Could not disagree more. Rebooting to a clone thats already installed takes 20-30 seconds. Images are not faster and not easier than a clone if it is set up right, meaning hot. This does not mean I don't also do images, I do. I am over run with backups, that have saved my butt more than once...[/QUOTE]
By hot clone, are you referring to RAID 1? If so, that is NOT a backup! It is merely redundancy to help protect you from HDD failure. There are other things that can kill your data besides HDD failure. If by hot clone you mean you just have it idling in your computer but not actually using it, you are still subject to the same dangers as when relying on RAID 1. If you mean you just use the clone to replace the drive that died after it died, yes, it is faster but you no longer have a backup. If something goes pear sheaped before you can make a new clone, then you are out of luck. Also, it takes longer to make a clone than it does an image and you can't store multiple clones on a drive like you can images.