On 5/8/07, Stephen Barncard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Sorry to be contrary, but I don't think another partition is that good of a safety net. A second real drive is more reliable in my experience.
Absolutely, but this thread originally came about by you mentioning that you have a 250GB HD in a Mac that only recognizes 120GB, seems to be a waste if you don't use it. As stated, one of the things I do on such a partition is to keep a pristine copy of the OS, it makes regular HD maintenance that normally requires starting off a CD a breeze and, as I don't take my backup HD on the road with me, has saved my bacon more than a dozen times (admitedly far more with Classic than OSX). On a separate HD (and CDs/DVDs) I keep backups/archives of the 'in use' OS and working files. As Richard says, each approach has it's advantages; I use partitions for theirs and separate HDs for theirs. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
