Re: Installation of Win XP SP1

From: Alan C. Brown (acbrown_at_intnet.mu)
Date: 04/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:10:40 +0400

> "Alan C. Brown" <acbrown@intnet.mu> wrote in message
> news:eoMszB2KEHA.1156@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > I have a Toshiba Satellite 5105-S702 Laptop (Win XP Pro pre-installed by
> > Toshiba), Pentium 4, 1.8MHz, 512 MB RAM, 60GB HDD. The HDD was
> > re-partitioned, using Partition Magic 7, into 4 partitions, C: - Local
> Disk (OS), D:- Applications, E: - Data & Downloads, F: - Backups.
> >
> > I have downloaded the full 133MB version of Win XP SP1, which was saved
>> in the E Partition.
> >
> > I have compiled a procedure for installing Win SP XP1, based on postings
> in this and other newsgroups.
> >
>
> <snip detailed procedure>
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"Tumbleweed" <tumbleweednews@mysockshotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:408cbfd4$0$24409$afc38c87@news.easynet.co.uk...

> WOW!

> I did;
> 1. Create backup image of C: with Norton Ghost(to another disk, but
>another > partition would be sufficient).
> 2. Install.
> 3. Carry on (would have restored NG Image if there was a problem but there
> wasnt.
>
> Note, this procedure is (IMHO) better than relying on XP's restore points,
> since it uses a backup mechanism outside of XP, and therefore no XP bug
> caused by SP1 which might damage the restore points could affect it.
>
> --
> Tumbleweed
>
> Remove my socks for email address
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Thanks for your reply.
Are you saying that the only thing that you did to prepare for the
installation of XP SP1, was to create a bootable image of C: with Noton
Ghost?

I am using ABSplus Backup software and External HDD with the Express Backup
option, which is supposed to partition & format the ABSplus HDD to match the
Laptop HDD, and create a bootable backup image of my Laptop HDD, which can
be updated by periodic backups. Since I will probably resize the laptop
partitions (step #7), then it would make sense to do a full bootable backup
at step #8.

However I have been informed of a problem with the ABSplus Backup software
not being able to create the Partition Magic Boot Manager partition on the
ABSplus drive, which means that a bootable cannot be made. This will be
the subject of another post concerning a possible solution, which I hope to
resolve before carrying out step #8.

Since Partition Magic is now owned by Symantec, I am interested in any
Symantec backup software that does what ABSplus claims to do, and which
is fully compatible with Patition Magic. Does Norton Ghost qualify ?

I take your point about the restore Points, but they have gotten me out of
trouble on 2 occassions in the past, and so I consider them as extra
insurance.

By the way, are these posts upside down ?

Alan C. Brown

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