In article <[email protected]>, Andrew zajac 
wrote:
> The fact that you imaged the partition only as well as the fact that
> you used a usb interface is not a problem.  In fact, in the case of
> a drive that keeps disappearing, using a USB interface will avoid
> you the trouble of having to reboot every time.

Maybe I'm too negative regards failing drives attached via USB, but 
I've been twice bitten.

I have also had a failing drive attached via eSATA, and when it dropped 
off the bus, I just power cycled it and Linux (ubuntu karmic) found it 
again.

Ian




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