Re: Recommended Size for XP OS Partition ?

You're totally missing the point. I told him that I keep the OS and DATA
separated, so that I could backup the OS much more quickly, use different
formats, etc. And that even if I lost the OS partition, it's not the end of
the world, the OS can always can be rebuilt. But then he asked a very
pertinent question, what about something like OE?!

IOW, if I'm routinely backing up the OS and something goes wrong with the
current OS, and I retreat to an prior image copy of the OS, what do I do
about the data changes that are inherently part of the OS, like OE data!!!
Despite the fact that I place my data files (audio/video, word/excel docs,
etc.) on a separate partition from the OS, there are still things that are
*data* that reside on the OS partition, regardless of my wish to keep most
of the DATA elements on a separate partition.. In those cases, he's asking
what do I do!

Answer, if I have to go back to a prior OS image copy, I backup the OE
database using the Files and Transfer Settings wizard first. I then restore
the prior OS, then run the wizard again to restore my email, NGs, etc.!
IOW, if I want/need to retreat to a prior OS image, I STILL WANT MY EMAIL
AND NG CHANGES SINCE THAT IMAGE WAS MADE! If some software installation
screws up my OS, and I decide to chuck it and work from a prior image copy,
I don't plan on throwing all the email I've downloaded to-date out the
window. I want to recover it!

Get it?! That's the point, and that was the question at hand. You keep
making the mistake that I'm somehow archiving my email for no good reason.
You're missing the context, it involves recovery of my email when restoring
a prior OS image.

Why has this proven so hard to understand?

Jim



"JAD" <kapasitor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Wcchf.69$Mj.36@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "Jim" <null@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OK8hf.24531$qw.13113@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Huh? Who said anything about compacting files? I'm talking about
BACKUP!
>
> Why would you archive email anyway? to save space on the drive or what?
You
> run a business or you get tons of flash cartoons? I was wondering what is
so
> special that one would keep them. address book/networking, spamming, love
> letters?
>
>
> >
> > And I was comparing web-based email to OE in terms of backup, NOT
access.
>
> "First, I like the idea of being able to
> access my mail ANYWHERE I might happen to be. "
>
> 1st Jim, the FIRST thing you adore about web based email................
>
>
> > The former is not an issue for backup, since the files are stored
> REMOTELY.
>
> Exactly, so why did you even make the comparison?
>
> > The latter *is* an issue for backup since files are stored LOCALLY.
> That's
> > the point.
> >
> > Get your facts straight before commenting.
>
>
> Seems the facts are straight..
>
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >
> > "JAD" <kapasitor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:pk7hf.404$367.355@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > all that typing because you don't know how to compact files in OE?
> > >
> > >
> > > MOst if not all email is accessable from the web OR oe
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>


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