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To: Spots who wrote (5907)	2/5/1999 5:38:00 PM
From: Clarence Dodge	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14778

Spots & ZP You'd boot the backup NT by booting from IDE2. Good..... with that statement written in stone and... All Aboard..Full Steam Ahead! From zp in reference to unhiding then switching active status then rebooting..... So In answer to Your copies are just archived images, right? from Spots. And Do you plan on installing NT? Or will you just clone the primary NT install to the KOT drive? and What about the extended partition? Would it be better as a bootable primary FAT partition?? from ZP. I think a quick recap of Spots and ZPs personal prefered methods to deal with OS failures and how I would like to procede with my own machine is in order. 1) Emanating from Spots is the addition of another bootable installation of an OS on another drive used for data access and repair of a failure on the system OS (NT) or, in extension, the KOT (w98). The need for a data access/repair OS for NT has been established by Spots. I've decided to have the same functionality for w98 as well. 2) Emanating from zp is the DI clone based method used for sledge hammer reinstallation of an OS that I am unable/unwilling to repair using #1. I want to integrate both methodologies into my machine. From Spots method I would have a bootable backup install of NT on the w98 drive. I would also have a backup install of w98 on the NT drive. From ZPs method I would keep DI clones of NT on the KOT drive. I would keep DI clones of w98 on the primary NT drive in a fat partition. Questions/decisions still remaining regarding needed partitioning... Spots Method 1. Should each drive be set up as dual bootable or have OSs in separate bootable primary partitions accessed thru PM active status switching? 2. If separate partitions are chosen in answer to #1 is a hidden partition at the end of the accessing drive the best location for the backup copy of the other OS? or should unhidden be used? Questions regarding hidden/unhidden..... 1. Are they both possiblities for use in storing backup OSs 2.. What are the advantages and disadvantages of both for storing backup OSs? ZP method 1. Should some important clones be also stored in the next level of a complete backup stratedgy i.e. off-computer removable media? I'm sure there's more... I'm just trying to consolidate what has been established and what remains questionable. Clarence