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Number   :  54
Date     :  2001-05-17
Author   :  Jim Witherspoon
Subject  :  Re: xxcopy switches, etc.
Size(KB) :  1


Jim S. -

I use the drive trays too! Great way to turn a cheapo IDE drive into a
removable drive. IMO, one of the best backup solutions around.

Also - I make the other drives bootable - and my BIOS allows me to choose
which drive to boot from. So I can "change computers" even without removing
or rejumpering any hard drives - I just flip the switch in the BIOS. But,
of course, the drive letters get reassigned, so that when you boot from what
was your D: drive, it is now your C: drive, and what was your C: drive is
now your D: drive.

jim w.


> > Thanks for your response. I am really confused.
> My Bios allows booting from CD and it is several years
> old. Further adding to my confusion is the ability of
> my CD drive to be treated as if it is a hard drive.
> My computer is a bit unusual in that most of my drives
> are on those pull out trays that you see advertised.
> In essence I can replace my hard drive and boot what
> ammounts to an entirely different computer with
> another hard drive in seconds. But I also have a
> permanently mounted hard drive that is nothing more
> than a complete copy of my usual C: drive. Just so I
> can get reall sea sick I also use a CastleWood Ord
> drive. The whole mess is sort of a hobby for me. One
> of the horrors is that when I have a big problem I
> have tended to back up the problem and I end up
> installing the problem over and over again. There are
> times when backing up seems like the worst idea in the
> world. But more to the point. I think that I can find
> some real good uses for xxcopy if my knees don't
> buckle from the strain.
> Jim



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