Re: Backup of WinXp

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"drybones" <drybones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: Using Drive Image 2002, Had made three (3) DVD+ backups of my
: primary drive, "C". In the past Drive has done it's job with
excellent
: results in restoring Windows. As I restored to pristine install
a couple
: of times.
: These backup DVD dicks were made at 3 month intervals. The
last
: on 06 Feb 2006.
: Note that all three Backup copies contents were verified.
===> I presume you were backing up NTFS formatted drives, right?
:
: Feburary 8 2006 Windows refused to boot in any method what so
ever.
: After many attempts to salvage WinXP I used Partition Magic ver
8.0 to
: wipe the Primary Partition (C) and re-create it as a Fat 32
primary
: partition.
===> Why FAT?
:
: Then, using Drive Image Floppys, I attempted to re-insatll
windows XP.
: You guessed it.
: Not a single one of thje backup DVDs were readable. (sigh)
===> If the floppies are NTFS formatted, and the drive is FAT, I
don't think they can see each other or communicate. XP can use
FAT32, but it's also an NTFS sysem.
Are you in trouble because of multiple operating systems? If
you didn't/don't plan to use multiple os's, then there is no need
to have a FAT partition and I -think-, am not sure, XP must live
on an NTFS partition.
I'm no expert, but I feel that's where the mixup is.
:
: Question here is really: What other method of backing up is
considered
: a solid program?
===> Vs what? Datakeeper? NTbackup? Sorry.
:
: OR, perhaps someone may know what I may have done to cause
Drive
: Image to corrupt these last three seperate DVD disks?
===> I think it's a format mismatch. Try formatting to NTFS and
isee what happens.
:
: Thank you for reading and hopefully replying.
: drybones
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