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Number   :  560
Date     :  2001-08-09
Author   :  james sadler
Subject  :  Re: making a safety copy with xxcopy
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--- Walter Walraeve  wrote:
> hi !
> 
> My harddisk has been partitioned as follows : a 4 MB
> C-disk and a 1.5 MB D-disk.
> 
> I intend to use the D-disk as a kind of backup
> medium for windows and a few other important
> programs; when I need to reinstall windows, 
> I thought of simply formatting drive C and 
> xxcopying the old windows start-installation from D.
> 
> If I understand well this is easily done with xxcopy
> using the clone argument. What will happen however
> with the windows swap file ? Without this
> file windows won't work ... Is it also copied by
> the "clone" operation ?
> 
> Thanks for an early answer !
> 
> 
> Walter
> 
> Backing up to the same hard drive isn't such a
safe notion. The first time you have a drive failure
it's all over.


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