Hello Jan, On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, at 10:23:07 GMT -0400 (9/6/02, 9:23 AM -0500 GMT here), you wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
JR> After having to replace my HD, I am now JR> constructing a *serious* backup strategy. I use to keep tape backups. Tape is not the most reliable. Since upgrading my HD, purchasing a CDRW drive, & obtaining Ghost (i.e. part of NWSP), I use my older HD as my backup. I keep 2 partitions. The bootable partition is for the OS (Win98) & other non-communication programs. The 2nd partition on an extended partition is for data & communication programs such as TB. Because I have a multi-boot system the data always boots to the "D" drive in Win98. The extended partition keeps the communication programs working properly because it always is the same drive letter. I simply Ghost the partitions to the slave backup HD. I can Ghost an entire HD partition of approximately 3 GB in a matter of minutes. When not backing up or restoring from the slave backup I use the system bios to turn the slave HD off for protection. After a clean install of OS & applications when things are working like I want them and BEFORE I go on-line, I burn the partition to CDR. This gives me a good clean starting point if I need to start from scratch. At significant break points I burn the data partition to CDR. By doing this I can have everything up in running from scratch in less than an hour. My only problem is that I will be upgrading to WinXP shortly. I have worked on NT systems at work, but never used at home, so I am not sure this strategy will work when the new system arrives. Specifically I am not sure whether you can use an extended partition on WinXP, and what the boot drive sequence would be. Any help would be appreciated. TIA! -- Best regards, Greg Strong TB! v1.62/Beta4 on Windows 98 PGP public keys: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=0xB1FE63FA&Body=Please20send20keys ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.61 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
