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To: Gottfried who wrote (75221)4/30/2011 2:39:20 PM
From: PMS Witch1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 110653
 
A hard disk can have only one active partition.

Since it's so easy to change which partition is active, I thought I could quickly prove my backups are valid by using them to restore a running system. Of course, I'd need to make my original partition active again once I'm through.

Cheers, PW.