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Number   :  6741
Date     :  2004-01-05
Author   :  Dan Anderson
Subject  :  Re: XXCLONE and MBRs
Size(KB) :  2


Bob, that's a good suggestion for purposes of batch runs in situations where
a warning message is important.

Batch runs would also not be affected in situations where XXCLONE did not
need to overwrite a pre-existing MBR (and therefore no warning message was
needed) -- e.g. when both the source and destination XP (logical) partitions
are on the same boot hard drive -- the MBR would still just continue to
reference the small primary partition that contains the boot.ini file that
XXCLONE can update, once the problem has been resolved with regard to the
XXCLONE partition count recognizing any other (hidden) primary partitions
that are present).

regards

Dan

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----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Weir 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [xxcopy] XXCLONE and MBRs


Dan Anderson wrote about whether or not to overwrite
the disk MBR by default. An awkward choice!

As an ME (xxcopy.../clone) user I can only lurk in
blissful ignorance on the XXCLONE discussions but I
would expect a warning screen such as; -

"Click [continue] for XXCLONE to update the boot
(start-up) record on your source drive (recommended).
If you use multi-boot software (may cause problems)
click [skip]"

This will irritate those who schedule (automate) the
operations and this may be preferred: -

"XXCLONE will update the boot record on your source
drive in 10 seconds. If you use multi-boot software
(may cause problems) click [skip]"

I presume that there is, or will be, some way for an
"intermediate" user who can cope with any unpredictable
consequences to add BC0 to a scheduled XXCLONE
operation.

regards,

Bob


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