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Have in mind this:
You can only do a real backup of your data if you backup from one drive to
another,
and NOT on 2 partitions of the same drive, because if a drive fails all the
partions
will not be accessible.
I have 2 HD, one 80 gb and another 200 gb, and they are partitioned into 2
parts each.
I have my os and programs on the first drive (80gb) that gets the most
beating (because the os and programs are there), and all my files on the
second.
I do backups of the important files on the second partition of the first
drive so at any time
I have 2 copies of the crucial data on 2 seperate drives.
And another tip. Use a UPS always.... it saves the drives in case of a power
failure.
"Ritter197" <Ritter197@Comcast.net> wrote in message
news:bZudncj1d604QFPcRVn-jg@comcast.com...
> You are great for quick response and wonderful references and hyperlinks.
>
> Thanks. I shall explore them.
>
> Even though I have separate partitions for OS, another for Programs,
> another for Video, and a final one for Backups.
>
> I addition I have 2 other physical harddrives in the system.
>
> "Kenny S" <hotmail@coldmail.com> wrote in message
> news:Otf3F616EHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>A virtual drive can be a FOLDER on a compter that is assigned a letter, so
>>it will appear among the
>> other drives in My computer. There are software that do this, they are
>> free.
>>
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/vsubst.html
>>
>> Or if you want a more pro solution there is (not free but powerfull)
>>
http://www.farstone.com/home/ensite/products/virtualdrive.shtml
>>
>>
>> Also a virtual drive can be an ISO file from a cdrom mounted as a drive
>> and given a letter.
>> There is a free utility from microsoft that does this.
>>
>> Microsoft has a Control Panel applet for mounting ISO images as a drive.
>> It's called "Virtual CD-ROM" for Windows XP.
>>
>>
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/b/6/7b6abd84-7841-4978-96f5-bd58df02efa2/winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe
>>
>> Also my opinion is that you really dont need more that 2 partitions.
>> One for the OS and the programs, and a second one for all your data.
>> If you need to format and re-install you erase the first partition only
>> leaving your data intact.
>>
>> another interesting software to make folders come up in the My Computer
>> list is this:
>> http://www.tropictech.de/software/shellobject/
>>
>> also free.
>>
>> Hope this information helps...
>>
>> (you can find some nice freeware on my site www.computerboom.net)
>>
>> Kenny
>>
>>
>>
>> "Ritter197" <Ritter197@Comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:rqWdnaBCXsXMT1PcRVn-gQ@comcast.com...
>>> Thanks Kenny, Always glad to learn something new.
>>>
>>> But while you offer it, tell me about virtual drives.
>>>
>>> But the rest was very informative too, what you said. Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Kenny S" <hotmail@coldmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:%23iHMPp16EHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>> Thos are not called virtual drives... they are called PARTITIONS. A
>>>> partition is a real portion of a drive that is assigned a new driver
>>>> letter. Virtual drives are another thing compleatly, they exist but
>>>> its not what you mean. If you want to know what a virtual crive is post
>>>> here and I will tell you.
>>>> Now, you must know that System Restore does not touch emails and
>>>> documents and it does this on purpose. So if she deleted the emails
>>>> system restore is not built to get them back.
>>>>
>>>> Let me explain WHY emails and other documents are not affected by
>>>> system restore...
>>>>
>>>> This is a scenario.. say you have been working for a week on a
>>>> document, and you have been
>>>> recieving important emails. THen your PC has a problem and you need to
>>>> do a system restore to a
>>>> point that was one week old. If system restore would change all the
>>>> files then all his work would be lost. And THAT is why system restore
>>>> doesnt do anything to your own files and emails.
>>>>
>>>> IN order to change what partitions or drives are included in system
>>>> restore you must go to:
>>>> Right click on My computer> properties> System restore (tab)
>>>>
>>>> there you will see a list of available drives or partitions, the ones
>>>> that say monitoring
>>>> are the ones that system restore has an eye on. Selecting the drive and
>>>> pressing the setting button you can change this by checking or
>>>> unchecking the box that says "turn off system restore for this drive".
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Ritter197" <Ritter197@Comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>> news
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>>>>> THAT is not the problem at all. I use personally for 10 years virtual
>>>>> drives. C has the Operating System, D has Back up, E has Photos, F has
>>>>> all my Programs.
>>>>>
>>>>> That makes just sense with to-days big drives. NOT having virtual
>>>>> drives can be a big problem when you have a Crash and ALL is on one
>>>>> and the same partition.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jerry" <NoSpamChiefZeke@MSN.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uuckQzw6EHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Why does she have a virtual drive? That could be the problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Ritter197" <Ritter197@Comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:KOadnRbhxZFVrFPcRVn-oA@comcast.com...
>>>>>>> My daughter just called me from out of town and said that her
>>>>>>> folders are
>>>>>>> all empty in Outlook Express. She is missing all her incoming, sent
>>>>>>> mail.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> She is sure that it was fine yesterday Dec 23,2004.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So I told her (she is using windows xp,) to use Restore to
>>>>>>> yesterday.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> She tried that and it came up that it could not restore the Virtual
>>>>>>> F drive
>>>>>>> because it was stopped from being on the Restore option.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So she Restore still to the 23rd of Dec. and still her Messages are
>>>>>>> gone.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I then asked her to try the 22nd and she did that with same result.
>>>>>>> It
>>>>>>> always said it could not restore F drive but otherwise restored
>>>>>>> successfully.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yet - again her messages are not there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have 2 questions, Because I never had problems with Restore
>>>>>>> myself.
>>>>>>> HOW can 1 drive be "stopped" from being on the Restore file? How can
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> stop or "un-stop" it ? Where?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> She did a Virus check with NOD32 and finds no viruses.
>>>>>>> She did a Search and Destroy and finds no problems there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What do you think happened? I am at this time clueless.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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