Sean Miller wrote: > alan c wrote: >> However, if you use a second hd for ubuntu, there is very little >> touched on the first drive at all. So (almost) no risk to data. >> > Indeed... and if you're planning to throw the old Ubuntu disc away and > get a new larger one you might even consider backing up the whole > Windows drive onto that "old" drive, just to calm your fears.... in my > experience it has never been necessary to restore from such backups, but > to have a complete backup of Windows can never hurt - it being such a > tempestuous Operating System and all ;-) > > Sean > A good idea, Sean.
To backup my C: XP drive, do I just do a copy and paste to the D: old Ubuntu drive? Or do I need some special program for it? Perhaps the DOS command 'copy C:\ D:\' would be better? (If I remember it correctly!) Sorry for being so dim, but this is all new to me!! Cheers Keith -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
