Re: Returned (Finally!)

From: jce (defaultuser_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/27/03 

Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:55:09 GMT

I just saw new hard drives in the US 7200rpm 8mb cache....80GB for under
$50.

(a) Raid your PC - the initial investment is higher to buy the new system
:-)
(b) Use a boot loader and copy from one to the other.

This is cheaper and more efficient than tapes/zips/cds. If you get a nice
server case you could even just pop the suckers in and out....

JCE

"Peter E.C. Dashwood" <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote in message
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>
> <docdwarf@panix.com> wrote in message
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> <snip>> >
> > >I wonder if anyone has come across a similar utility that will really
do
> the
> > >biz for Windows systems?
> > >
> > >Everything I have tried (including Norton Ghost...) fails dismally on
> locked
> > >windows files.
> >
> > Have you tried using Ghost after booting to DOS?
>
> No, I haven't tried that. Bit inconvenient but definitely an option. I'm
not
> sure if it will read NTFS files under DOS, and I would think it still has
> the 8 Gig limit... Guess the answer is to try it... Now I just have to
> locate the copy of Ghost I put away 2 years ago <G>...
>
> > The friend I mentioned
> > in another posting is using Win98 and Ghost always hangs when he tries
to
> > invoke it from a DOS window... but when he boots the entire system to
DOS
> > then Ghost runs admirably. He's only used Ghost to write to a CD...
> > hmmmmmm, perhaps I can see what Ghost does when it is directed to a Jaz
> > drive...
> >
> > ... but enough about my problem. Adaptec had a product called 'Take
Two'
> > that shipped with its Easy CD Creator software but that was discontinued
> > by Roxio (who bought the software) because of problems with Win2K and
> > WinXP. What's your OS?
> >
>
> I'm using Win XP Professional, very happily.
>
> > (I assume you are looking for what I have... the ability to,
essentially,
> > power down your machine, replace a fried drive, boot to DOS and restore
to
> > where you were previously.)
> >
>
> Yes, that is exactly the Nirvana I am seeking...<G>
>
> Pete.

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