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| Sylvere H. Fourcade 2004-05-23, 12:16 pm |
| No such a thing as a dumb question!!!!!! With this in mind, now that I did
a complete C: drive backup to my D: drive using MS Backup, can I
successfully recover from a c: drive head crash with my start-up disk and my
D:drive redesignated as the Master drive? This is a serious question.
Please do not entertain other problem possibilities such as pc was stolen,
elephant sat on the pc, etc... Just a simple C: drive head crash. Thanks a
bunch!
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| Kay Archer 2004-05-23, 12:16 pm |
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"Sylvere H. Fourcade" <sylfourcade@ispwest.com> wrote in message
news:c8g03e0akg@enews1.newsguy.com...
> No such a thing as a dumb question!!!!!! With this in mind, now that I
did
> a complete C: drive backup to my D: drive using MS Backup, can I
> successfully recover from a c: drive head crash with my start-up disk and
my
> D:drive redesignated as the Master drive? This is a serious question.
> Please do not entertain other problem possibilities such as pc was stolen,
> elephant sat on the pc, etc... Just a simple C: drive head crash. Thanks
a
> bunch!
>
In simplest terms no. MS Backup must use MS Backup to restore the files to
a drive. To accomplish what you imply is use a third party software to make
a drive image. Then all you have to do is make this the boot drive in BIOS.
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| Sylvere H. Fourcade 2004-05-23, 12:16 pm |
| Yes, I see the problem. Assuming that I replace the failed C: drive, I will
then install my Windows 98SE on C:, then restore all my files on C: from the
D: drive. I assume that the registry will magically be rebuilt for all
those files and all the other do-dads and utilities and drivers, ad-nauseum.
Do I have it right? Thanks for your time! I do hate to have to deal with
another software, such as you suggest.
> In simplest terms no. MS Backup must use MS Backup to restore the files
to
> a drive. To accomplish what you imply is use a third party software to
make
> a drive image. Then all you have to do is make this the boot drive in
BIOS.
>
>
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| Gerard Bok 2004-05-23, 12:16 pm |
| On Wed, 19 May 2004 08:56:56 -0700, "Sylvere H. Fourcade"
<sylfourcade@ispwest.com> wrote:
>No such a thing as a dumb question!!!!!! With this in mind, now that I did
>a complete C: drive backup to my D: drive using MS Backup, can I
>successfully recover from a c: drive head crash with my start-up disk and my
>D:drive redesignated as the Master drive?
First point: C: and D: need to be two distinct physical drives
(as opposed to 2 partitions on the same drive.)
Next: you will require a way to get MS-Backup running before you
even have the ability to select 'restore'. And you need to
install Windows first to be able to run MS-Backup :-)
If you look at the Windows 98 distribution disk, you will find
instructions on 'how to install a minimum system', just to enable
MS-Backup to run. Not sure if the same applies to other versions.
For what you want, a 3rd party solution like Symantec's Ghost or
Quest's Drive Image offers a much easier solution.
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Kind regards,
Gerard Bok
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| Sylvere H. Fourcade 2004-05-23, 12:16 pm |
| Thanks, Gerard, for your reply, BUT, I'm still insistant on using Microsoft
Backup, again specifying that I'm running under Win98SE. And my question is
still, Is it possible? I get the impression from reading various articles,
none of which exactly answers my question, that's it's an iffy situation.
And I don't know if it's due to incomplete Microsoft specs on MS Backup or
if it's various software vendors embellishing their products. My question
is simple: If, after doing a MS backup Restore from my D:drive unto my
C:drive (which has now been formatted and contains a new copy of my Win98SE
OS) will I be able to run successfully any program contained in my C:
Program Files directory. Sorry to be so picky, but I certainly do not want
to reinstall each application from each applicable CD, some of which I no
longer have, or never did!
"Gerard Bok" <bok118@zonnet.nl> wrote in message
news:40ad164d.27050664@News.Individual.NET...
> On Wed, 19 May 2004 08:56:56 -0700, "Sylvere H. Fourcade"
> <sylfourcade@ispwest.com> wrote:
>
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> First point: C: and D: need to be two distinct physical drives
> (as opposed to 2 partitions on the same drive.)
>
> Next: you will require a way to get MS-Backup running before you
> even have the ability to select 'restore'. And you need to
> install Windows first to be able to run MS-Backup :-)
> If you look at the Windows 98 distribution disk, you will find
> instructions on 'how to install a minimum system', just to enable
> MS-Backup to run. Not sure if the same applies to other versions.
>
> For what you want, a 3rd party solution like Symantec's Ghost or
> Quest's Drive Image offers a much easier solution.
>
> --
> Kind regards,
> Gerard Bok
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| Mr.Anderson 2004-05-23, 12:16 pm |
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"Sylvere H. Fourcade" <sylfourcade@ispwest.com> wrote in message
news:c8o01j02765@enews2.newsguy.com...
> Thanks, Gerard, for your reply, BUT, I'm still insistant on using
Microsoft
> Backup, again specifying that I'm running under Win98SE. And my question
is
> still, Is it possible? I get the impression from reading various
articles,
> none of which exactly answers my question, that's it's an iffy situation.
> And I don't know if it's due to incomplete Microsoft specs on MS Backup or
> if it's various software vendors embellishing their products. My question
> is simple: If, after doing a MS backup Restore from my D:drive unto my
> C:drive (which has now been formatted and contains a new copy of my
Win98SE
> OS) will I be able to run successfully any program contained in my C:
> Program Files directory. Sorry to be so picky, but I certainly do not
want
> to reinstall each application from each applicable CD, some of which I no
> longer have, or never did!
>
I understand that you want to use MS Backup to backup and restore system
partition.
Answere is simple - NO, you can't do that, don't waste your time. MS Backup
don't backup open files correctly and it don't contain "bare-metal" or
"disaster-recovery" restore (boot from CD).
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| Gerard Bok 2004-05-23, 12:16 pm |
| On Sat, 22 May 2004 09:45:00 -0700, "Sylvere H. Fourcade"
<sylfourcade@ispwest.com> wrote:
>My question
>is simple: If, after doing a MS backup Restore from my D:drive unto my
>C:drive (which has now been formatted and contains a new copy of my Win98SE
>OS) will I be able to run successfully any program contained in my C:
>Program Files directory.
Yes. There is a remote possibility though that one of your
programs uses some weird means of copy-protection which prevents
it from running after such a restore. As always with backups you
need to test it before you can be sure :-)
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Kind regards,
Gerard Bok
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| Ian Barron 2005-01-21, 5:45 pm |
| Using MSBackup you have no choice but to re-install each application
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