[X4U] SuperDupper question

[Ed Gould]

On Mar 24, 2009, at 10:57 PM, Daly Jessup wrote:

> Ed wrote:
>
>> I guess we agree to disagree on this one Randy. Although the  
>> support was there (for this issue) I find the pay before you try  
>> is pushing the edge (for me). If super duper had a 10 day try  
>> period I would be perfectly happy with that (or some other  
>> reasonable period). I am not cheap but if I buy a car I expect to  
>> drive around (even if its 20 minutes).
>
> This is all just crazy. Take a look at SuperDuper's developer site.
> You can do clones of your drive forever for free. You only need  to  
> pay if you want to set up scheduling or smart update, "sandboxes,"  
> or scripting.
>
> <http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html>
>
> But if you just want to do a clone, it's free.  Forever.
>
> So what is your problem with it?
>

> I want to take a volume and copy it onto a volume that already has  
> data. The default is to *ERASE* the receiving volume (you got that  
> right). This might be good in a test environment to erase the data  
> but to make it mandatory? I have live (good data) on my back up  
> volume would you want to erase all of you good backup data? I would  
> hope not.

Ed