Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 15:57:34 +0200 From: "Gerhard Kapusta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Libretto 110, 8gb barrier
Hi Raymond! > OK and how will you boot to this second installation if, say, your boot > record is damaged? Or if you need to perform a drive image without another > computer to put the hard drive in? The way you put it, it seems like the > second installation is a Win2k or NT installation Yes. > (as if it were a 9x > installation you'll need a drive overlay) so if you get a virus that > targets WinNT/2k system files, how will you clean it? Either way you slice > it, if you're going to do ANY recovery that involves more than copying from > an existing, intact file system, you'll need to have some way of seeing the > whole drive. And the only way of doing that without NT/2k (which you won't > have in a recovery situation) is using a drive overlay. Since years I never had the situation, that the boot record was damaged. But if that would happen, I simply install WinNT or Win2000 fresh over the second installation. The "work" installation is not touched by this procedure, it will be useable later by editing boot.ini. If either the "second" or the "work" installation is corrupt for any reason, I simply restore a backup by copying complete partitions with the other intstallation. (All my computers are connected via LAN) I use only WinNT/Win2000, also for recovery and backup, up to now I had no need for other operating systems (Ok, this is not fully true, sometimes I use DOS-floppys with some hardware-tools or to flash a BIOS etc.). Gerhard ________________________________________ Gerhard Kapusta Email home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax&Voicebox: +4989-1488201115 ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
