Re: Which HDD for the OS?

In article <B8scg.121$cB3.42@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
tjscales@xxxxxxxxx, Tom Scales says...

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In article <MPncg.19570$LE4.12651@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
tjscales@xxxxxxxxx, Tom Scales says...

My approach is to use the smaller drive as the boot drive and the big one
for all my data.

I would suggest you reinstall XP without the 250GB attached. Partition
the
60 into 40/20 and only format and install on the 40. Purchase Acronis
True
image. As soon as the install is 'perfect', use TrueImage to create a
backup onto the 20 and make it a bootable restore parition. Then install
the 250GB.

Then, whenever your machine needs 'cleaned', you just press F11 at boot
and
reinstall the master image. Data all intact on the 250.

Tom

Tom, does the image have to be on the same HD in a logical(or primary?)
container to work like that? Or will it also work with the image stored
on a seperate drive?

That's pretty neat though I never knew TrueImage to do that........I of
course use PQ Drive Image in other fashions but that sounds a lot like
the neat little setup the propriety giants use......Than again something
happens to that one drive, *poof* goes your image backup.....But, still
a nice little function though.


No, it can be on another drive. I believe it can even be a USB drive, but I
haven't tried it. Maybe even network :)

Tom



Hmmmmm, cool.....Let me sort through my Acronis library and figger this
one out.......Has this feature always been available or a feature added
on a particular version?


.

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