Re: Adding HD to SARPC

In article <4b677bdc4d.druck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, druck
<news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 21 Dec 2005 "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I know enough to recover from a Windows disaster, through experience
> > sadly, but I don't know enough to recover from a disaster with the
> > RiscPC - say the main drive falling over which must become
> > increasingly likely with age.

> It couldn't be simpiler, make sure everything is backed up regularly,
> then should the worse happen, copy it all back to a new HD. No
> resinatalling the OS or applications necessary.

Be careful though as some applications' copy protection may rely upon it
being on the same disc it was installed on. Ovation Pro, Publisher,
Datapower and Photodesk (I think) rely on this.

Cheers,

Ray D

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Ray Dawson
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