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Pastimes : Dream X..Backup/Multi Boot/Partitions/Drive letters/KOT -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (9)	10/7/1998 8:58:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 11

Backup / Multiboot / Partitions / Drive Letters / KOT #reply-5867450 Howard R. Hansen 2711 >>> Which drive has Win95 and which one Win98? How did you install Win98?<<< I first started with one IDE hard drive, the master on the primary channel, and did a new installation of Window 98. The BIOS labelled this drive as drive C. I then #reply-5868297 Sean W. Smith 2712 OS/2 BM can boot an OS on ANY HD in your system. #reply-5873716 Zeuspaul 2713 I don't know if it was Windows or the BIOS that changed the active status on my primary partition on drive C and I am not going to worry about it any more. >>> Was this a one time occurrence? Do you have to use FDISK every time you go from disk two to disk one?<<< To my knowledge the bios boot selection procedure is not a standard procedure. There may be drawbacks... #reply-5876729 Howard R. Hansen 2714 >>> Was this a one time occurrence? Do you have to use FDISK every time you go from disk two to disk one?<<< I tried the disk 2 disk 1 boot up sequence two times. Both times I had to use Fdisk to make the primary partition on Disk one active to enable #reply-5879467 Sean W. Smith 2715 Yes the using a boot manager is superior in every aspect to the switching in the BIOS. I think if you tried it you would agree. #reply-5881175 Clarence Dodge 2716 Concerning KOT.....are there any particular advantages/disadvantages to having a master and slave on one channel as opposed to using both channels..one drive each? #reply-5882939 Zeuspaul 2717 I had a little trouble setting up all of the drives to work in both operating systems, particularly #reply-5883050 Zeuspaul 2718 I would make the primary harddrive the master and the KOT drive the slave on the same channel. The CDROM would then #reply-5884884 Sean W. Smith 2719 your confusing MS's futile attempt at a bootmanager to a real boot manager. OS/2 BM will do everything you can do in the BIOS setup easier. #reply-5885084 Sean W. Smith 2720 Dear Partition Magic User: Partition magic 4.0 is finally here. If you upgrade before October 15, you'll get this great software for only $29.95! Buy the #reply-5891359 Zeuspaul 2722 >>Deskstar 6.4= master and 8.4= slave. Do you think 2gig margin is enough?<< That's a good question. Ideally the margin would be more. I would start with a small 300 MB+/- partition on the primary #reply-5892088 Clarence Dodge 2723 Maybe I should go with the smaller Maxtor 2880 @ 5.7gb primary and the Deskstar 8.4 KOT. I really will be only using NT,the #reply-5893402 Zeuspaul 2724 would consider performance specs for the primary drive and size for the KOT. I am not up on the latest specs. A 7200 RPM 4GB+ #reply-5894210 Sean W. Smith 2725 or you can use bootmanager and not worry about and have more flexilibty all at the same time. You ought to read up on it before you dismiss it. #reply-5901009 Zeuspaul 2727 I do not think we are talking about the same thing. A boot manager is resident on the harddrive. If the harddrive fails so does the boot manager. I #reply-5902487 Zeuspaul 2731 >>>Is a bootmanager included in WinNT<<< Yes. Assuming an existing Win95 or DOS installation, the NT installation will recognize the existing OS and give you the option to set up multiboot. #reply-5904503 Dave Hanson 2736 Preliminary Partition Magic 4.0 Report (short) and readme (long) #reply-5910126 Dave Bisset 2745 FWIW, Seagate 8gig tapestor is being discontinued according to a link at Microwave's site{multiwave} and they're selling their inventory for $175. This backup solution is adequate for my needs and... #reply-5911059 Dave Bisset 2747 I goofed...it's Multiwave, not Microwave, at 12.13.4.10 I didn't see anything at Seagate's site about... #reply-5918750 Clarence Dodge Thanks for the cd-R thread. I was just pondering where I could some info on them to use as a backup solution for my new machine.And then you came along right on que... #reply-5919488 Zeuspaul 2757 I think CDR is a good backup option for permanent file archives. I have been using it at work for several years without a problem. #reply-5920543 Clarence Dodge 2758 CD-R could be a possibility for my PC machine. The size is a problem,... #Reply-5921641 Zeuspaul 2760 The CD whatever drives are slow compared to CDROM drives. They can double but it is not my first choice. #Reply-5922452 Dave Bisset 2761 First, re: partitions, could you explain why it's a good idea to partition the OS separately? And also possibly partitioning data and apps #Reply-5929033 Sean W. Smith 2763 ZP, your absolutely right here. I wasn't considering the primary HD failure so you do need your BIOS boot ability for those circumstances. for all other normal circumstances the Boot manager will suffice and make switching much easier. #Reply-5929152 Sean W.Smith 2764 MS's boot manager isn't really a boot manager. The Real boot managers for PC are: #Reply-5932655 Zeuspaul 2772 That works for me. Use the boot manager to manage the harddrives and partitions and a KOT drive for backing up the boot manager. Does the boot manager .... #Reply-5932687 Clarence Dodge 2773 Is the Yamaha part of your home backup solution?... #Reply-5933121 Sean W. Smith 2774 OS/2 BM creates a 2M non dos partition for itself. One note for anyone who is going to try this. If you... #Reply-5933148 Sean W. Smith 2775 I don't use it for backup. For Data Archival frequently. Mostly for trading Live Audio CDR's and such. I have about 250 Live Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Pearl Jam, Zeppelin, etc.... I'm on a couple of CDR trees and do a fair amount of trading.{eom} #Reply-5933356 Zeuspaul 2776 Partitions are used out of necessity IMO. For example.... #reply-5934340 Dave Hanson 2779 Got my power quest newsletter today, and noticed that (1) the partition magic + y2k offer... #reply-5934525 Dave Hanson 2781 Clarence, PM 4 has a new version of Boot Manager that's supposed to be much improved. I don't use it, so haven't looked.. #reply- 5936866 Sean W. Smith 2790 The head movement argurment is BS. true for multiple drives but not for partitioning. Data organization is THE KEY for any system.... #reply-5937692 Len 2793 Sean, I have done something that I'd like your take on. On my 8.4GB HD, using Win NT 4.0, I have tried to use the concept of having the pagefile on another drive, by doing... #reply-5937912 Dave Bisset 2794 he recommends 2-3 gigs for the OS + drivers without explanation.... #reply-5941378 Sean W. Smith 2795 IMNSHO, If you own a computer you should have both Parition Magic and Drive Image.{eom} #reply-5942709 Sean W. Smith 2796 as far as I know all the heads for the all the platters are attached to the same servo motor so I would venture to say that you haven't accomplished anything. You would have to check the manufacturer of your HD to be sure, but I believe what I say to be true.{eom} #reply-5942995 Len 2797 You're correct, they are all attached that way. I just thought that by using a different set of heads, it allowed the first set to stay within one narrow range, as opposed to venturing further out to swap with the pagefile. Maybe you're right, but still am curious.{eom} #reply-5943054 Clarence Dodge 2798 What about a SCSI primary and an IDE KOT? Would that work or be too convoluted for a Greenhorn?... #reply-5946614 Dave Hanson 2799 FWIW, I agree with Sean (owning powerquest's DI _and_ PM.) And both were made _noticably_ more valuable in the last month,... #reply-5947433 Zeuspaul 2801 ...With one SCSI harddrive and one IDE harddrive you would make the boot selection in the mobo bios. I would still recommend a SCSI host adapter with boot target ID...