Re: Booting to copy OS

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Terry,

The idea behind creating a system image is to do it "before" you have
problems, when the system is operating in a known GOOD state. Due to the
condition of your existing drive, you have likely already incurred problems
that may not become apparent for days or weeks into the future - if you
install that image on a new drive.

Get a new drive and start fresh. Don't bring along any unwanted/unknown
problems from your old system.

--

Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

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"Terry Pinnell" <terrypinDELETE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My HD0 has 2 partitions:
> C: WinXP Home OS and about half my program files
> D: Most data and rest of programs
>
> Because it seems to be failing (separate thread 'Bad Blocks'), I've
> used Drive Image 2002 to copy the OS to another partition, E: on HD1.
> (That also has a partition F: mainly for backup).
>
> Pending early replacement of HD0, my idea is to now change the default
> so I boot up from E:
>
> What is the impact of working from now on in this copy OS? I can't
> quite get my mind around where the various files will now be
> created/edited.
>
> Obviously, files like those in my Agent newsreader/email folders will
> continue to be in their fixed location (which happens to be D:\Agent).
> But what about all those in places like C:\Documents and
> Settings\Terry Pinnell and all its sub-folders? Does that all get
> 'frozen' in C: and start to get updated in E: ? And, if so, what are
> the downsides if any to that please?
>
> --
> Terry, West Sussex, UK


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