Your investments (mutual funds, stocks, etc.) are not insured against market risk â their value may go up or down depending on the market. You are, however, likely insured against the failure of your broker, or a bankâs brokerage subsidiary, by the Securities Investors Protection Corporation.
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. Purposes of disk cloning include:
1 This type of cloning is also called gene cloning. 2  Organism Cloning. 3  Organism cloning involves making an identical copy of an entire organism. 4  This type of cloning is also called reproductive cloning. 5  Therapeutic Cloning. 6  Therapeutic cloning involves the cloning of human embryos for the production of stem cells.