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Number   :  6783
Date     :  2004-01-07
Author   :  Dan Anderson
Subject  :  Re: Boot drive problem
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Des, per your comment below, multi-boots are not really for the purpose of a
backup structure but for multiple ongoing functionality. When Kan's xxclone
creates a backup on a separate hard drive he is also ensuring that the
second hard drive has its own master boot record and therefore the newly
created XP partition could boot on its own if necessary. You are right that
the capability exists to access that new XP partition from the boot.ini on
the original source drive (and that was how Ron Hossak ran into problems
unexpectedly) but that is when users must take account of the alternate boot
options presented by an XP boot.ini file at start-up.

As one example of where one might want a multi-boot capability, if you have
been using older versions of some software (e.g. Roxio Easy CD Creator) that
are not compatible with XP, then you might want to still be able to boot
into a W98 partition for that purpose. Or if you are just exploring the
problems with XP while keeping W98 as your primary operating system, then
you would want to be able to also boot into XP. Or if you want to
test-install software in XP, you might want an alternate test environment
for XP rather than take chances with your main XP partition since the
ability to recover from a backup may run into a snag.

I agree that mult-boots have the potential to cause headaches, but so does
everything regarding computers, and multi-boots do provide additional
functionality, as well as allowing for more pragmatic and gradual (and cost
effective and reliable) transitions when moving from one operating system to
another.

Dan

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des421@c... wrote as follows:
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 10:02 AM
Subject: [xxcopy] Re: Boot drive problem

> multi-boot always contains headaches. For
> instance, with a 3 disk boot.ini aren't you going through the IDE-0
> master drive (the one you're trying to backup in case of failure!)
> to boot either of the others? Which must then be physically
> connected the IDE-0 to replace a failed drive? This part I don't
> quite understand. Or, complicated is only what you don't understand.



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