[email protected] wrote: > Thanks for the advice, > > Can a mac read an external USB drive that came from a Windows XP > machine ? > > The mac sounds interesting. I like the idea of being able to pop open > a native shell to the system and do 'ps -ef' and see what is running > and be able to write a ruby script that does a fork() that works > correctly etc. > I use cygwin on windows, but it doesn't feel the same .. > > I know you can install dual windows/linux using VM-Ware or some such, > but it sounds complicated to me. I guess I don't like the idea of > reinstalling windows, but if I am going to stick with windows, I guess > I need to consider that. I'd be affraid that one of my backup CD's > would go bad or that I would screw it up somehow. I'm wondering if I > can backup windows to an external drive and reinstall it that way ? > > I think you could get something like Acronis True Image and that can do a lot of stuff including backup your entire OS image and your data. If something goes off, you can probably restore the image within a couple of hours almost back to where you left it. http://www.techsupportalert.com/drive-imaging-reviews.htm
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