Re: What is the problem with my HD with Win 2k?


"WORLDe" <WORLDe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> If my drive fails, can I still make a backup of the HD image and transfer
> that image onto a new HD so that I do not have to reinstall all of the
> software??

That depends on how it fails. If the BIOS can detect the drive and
mounts it's partitions as drive letters, there's a good chance of recovering
at least some of the data. If the BIOS does not mount the partitions as
drive letters, it may be more difficult to recover the data (unless the
partition table can be restored). If it fails completely and is not even
detected by the BIOS at startup, there will be no easy way to recover the
data. There are companies which specialize in data recovery who are likely
to be able to get the data back but the cost is astronomical.

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- Gary Chanson (Windows SDK MVP)
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