Re: Win Xp Pro.

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Tonyo UK wrote:
On the three laptops that I operate, I have occasionally been forced to use a recovery disk when the system has become compromised or corrupted. Each machine has one virtual drive in which I place the operating system, programs, drivers and the rest. The other virtutal drive is used by me for placing all my data. Additionally, on a daily basis I back up new data to a large external hard drive. That is my ultimate insurance policy!

I agree that in theory it makes no difference, but if I just use the recovery disk to reformat Drive C, I don't usually have to spend any time on reinstalling the data on D drive. Yes, it is a pain to have to reinstall all programs, drivers and the like on Drive C, but I save considerable time in not having to put back my private files.


Data doesn't get "installed." I already mentioned the wisdom of having *data* on a separate partition.


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