Re: Is this a viable backup/restore strategy?

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From: Jeff W (msnews_at_kwcpa.com)
Date: 09/10/04 

Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 21:05:27 -0400

Thanks Michael, but I may be explaining myself really badly - . What I'm
doing is this

On PC #1 - do the backups, store them on PC #2
when the disk on PC #1 crashes, add a new disk to PC #2
On PC #2, do a image restore to the new disk
move the new disk from PC #2 to PC #1 and boot.
Do the NT incremental restores to the new disk

The "restore" on PC #2 isn't to let me boot off the restored drive on
PC #2, I use #2 only to -transfer- the disk image from the backup file
back onto the disk, then I move the disk back to PC #1, (the
machine-on-which-the-backup-was-made) and boot there. Do you still
think I need a repair-install?

thanks
/j

Michael Solomon (MS-MVP Windows Shell/User) wrote:

>An image is certainly a viable backup solution but if you restore it to a
>new hard drive on a different system, you still need to run a repair install
>or XP won't recognize the motherboard or any of the other hardware.
>
>
>

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