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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (7417)	5/8/1999 5:27:00 PM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) of 14778

No, of course you have to boot it. I mean changing system configuration, which inserting a removable drive does. I'm personally not so keen on the bios option for my backup OS, simply because I don't trust the OS to make good sense of the drive letters. I'd rather have a standard dual (or multi) boot that I see every time I boot up, such as either NT or the various boot managers provide. However, a bios option is a lot less intrusive and more certain than plugging in a new drive and changing the PHYSICAL system configuration. I can't really fault it; it just sends up a warning flag in my head. It sounds to me like you're layering on complexity. I suggest you back off and think it all through from the beginning. In a disaster, what you DON'T want is a complex procedure to go through in order to recover. Remember, you don't do it very often. Screw it up and you're toast. Multiboot is what I use; I see my backup as an option EVERY SINGLE TIME I boot. Bios option seems nearly equivalent provided my drive letter fears are unfounded (these fears are hypothetical, except for OS installs, where they've proved real enough). Spots Spots

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