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Number   :  7905
Date     :  2004-05-16
Author   :  bbreader2002
Subject  :  Using /CLONE to restore the bootdrive in FAT16 ?
Size(KB) :  1


I'm looking at adding a second physical hard drive to keep a full
local backup of the primary, which would be updated using the /CLONE
switch in XXCOPY.

Current setup is:
Win 98 SE
FAT16
C: is the Primary DOS partition and is active
D:, E: and F: are in the extended DOS partition.

When FDISKing the second physical drive I'd like to make the full
drive an extended DOS partition. Otherwise drive letters D:, E: and
F: would be reassigned upwards if I created a Primary DOS partition on
the second drive. The setup I have in mind is:

First Drive:
C: is the Primary DOS partition and is active
D:, E: and F: are in the extended DOS partition.

Second Drive:
G:, H:, I:, J: all in an extended DOS partition.

Where:
G: would backup C:
"
"
J: would backup F:

If I had to do an emergency replace of the first physical drive and
then /CLONE back from the second would the new C: then be bootable? 
Or would the fact that C: had been /CLONEd to G:, a non-bootable
drive, somehow effect the preservation of something necessary to
recreate the new C: as bootable and identical to the original C:?

Thanks.



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