On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:39:38 GMT, spam@uce.gov (Bob) wrote:


>But this is not what I want. I want RAID 1 mirroring but in a backup
>format. That's the only way I know where I will get a true clone
>without leaving Windows.

How about if you simply set up an SATA RAID1 with a pair of
drives, then later unplug one of the drives. When you plug
it back in, the RAID manager should rebuild (providing you
have it set to rebuild) the (newly added) drive regardless
of whether it is blank or the same drive you had previously
disconnected. Granted, it requires phsical action rather
than software-on-a-timer but if you had at least 3 drives
you could have the best of both worlds- have a continual
up-to-date RAID1 with an offline spare too.