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To: Zeuspaul who wrote (5078)	1/16/1999 8:19:00 AM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

>>I do not see how backing up the Win98 installation adds a level of complexity. It adds a preliminary step that does not alter your design concept or end result. Adding a step is adding complexity. >>My experience with Partition Magic has been very positive. I find the program very easy to use. I would not recommend it it to everyone. There is a significant level of risk ... There you are. That's the point. >>There is also significant risk installing software ... Yes. So, minimize the risks since the recovery path is clear is my advice. You have stated why I mildly disagree very clearly. It IS mildly. >>I believe the sledge hammer approach is valuable to those of us (me included) that do not have the necessary skills The sledge hammer approach is valuable to everybody; it's just not the only tool I want in my bag. It's a catch-all for all the other things you never thought of. If, as you say, you don't have skills to do other things (which I don't believe), well, grab a big hammer <G>. Speaking of necessary skills, etc, my (relatively new) gas hot water heater went out a few weeks ago, and for the life of me I couldn't get at the pilot light. I tried to reach it every way I could think of, getting madder and madder. Failed. Lacked necessary skills. SO I took this big hammer and soon had a clear path to the pilot light. After lighting it, I looked at the panel I'd, um, extracted. I simple up-slide left motion would remove it easily. BUT the hammer worked <G>. (I was able to straighten the panel, more or less.) This story is true, but it has the point that sometimes it's a lot more efficient to acquire a few basic skills <ggg>. >>How do you propose backing up the utility installation? or do you think it is not necessary? IMO the backup should be the first step I wouldn't. That is to say, I would only do the simplest, eg, an emergency repair disk. With a primary and a backup NT, you're safe from a single point of failure (barring a system meltdown in which case a backup of this kind does little good). The returns on preparing for multiple failures are vanishingly low. You can repair either the primary or backup from the other. Of course, if you've got lot's of hammers... Spots

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (5078)	1/16/1999 8:49:00 AM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

To anyone: Does anybody know offhand what you have to add to Win95 to get EIDE DMA capability? Do you know the download reference (I know it's www.microsoft.com somewhere; I mean more specifically). I need to build a Win95 system today with an ultra-DMA disk, and it would be nice to use the DMA capability. I know I've seen the UDMA driver update for Win95 mentioned here, but can't recall the reference. I'm sure I can eventually find it; just wondered if anyone knew offhand. Thanks, Spots PS. It's a TX chipset (Tyan mobo), which does support UDMA, or at least is supposed to.