I agree with Wayne. I use this method with two internal hard drives. If HDD0 crashes, do not even have to change hardware physically, I just change the BIOS to boot from HDD1. I even schedule the program to run without my intervention once a day.
BTW does not always require running fixboot. Daniel Wysocki Twin*.*Computers Fast Reliable Wallet-Friendly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 11:59 AM Subject: Re: Easiest, fool-proof way for a fool to create a backup clone :) > At 01:18 PM 5/2/2005, Diane Poremsky typed: > > >While I'm joking about the fool part... what is the easiest way for a non > >technical person to create a cloned drive (on USB) that they can swap out > >to boot if their drive fails? > > IMHO the cheapest way is to run xcopy /r/i/c/h/k/e/y then if & when the > system's main drive conks out put the USB drive in it's place, boot the Xp > Cd, go to the Recovery Console & run "fixboot", remove cd & boot as one > normally would. -- ---------------------------------------- ALL messages to the list MUST include a descriptive subject. To Change your email Address for this list, send the following message: CHANGE WIN-HOME your_old_address your_new_address to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note carefully that both old and new addresses are required.
