Re: 2 HDD with XP on each?
- From: "M and D" <m_and_d@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:49:01 -0500
I see what you're getting at, but I don't think it's a good idea to make incremental backups of a system partition. For a system partition, you want full backups, for maximum safety. FWIW I clone my system partition (with Norton Gost 10) every day to a second hard disk and weekly to DVD.
To answer your question, I think all cloning software uses a proprietary file format, so your computer won't think you have two copies of XP. What you don't want is two active partitions in the same computer. That's a gotcha that sometimes snares people who are upgrading their hard disk.
Steven
"***TominFL***" <TominFL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:5D1B1E95-DA17-4C92-B7EE-706FF3231BFC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have XP, SP-2 working fine on one 160 GB HDD now. I've just installed a new
> 250 GB drive and want to use a cloning software to provide an incremental
> backup of all that is on my 160. Will XP allow me to keep both HD connected
> even though both have an identical active primary partition (after I finish
> the clone)? Is there a KB that covers this question? I couldn't find it.
> Thansk for any help.
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