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I have Win XP Pro, sp2 installed on a Sony laptop. This machine is used for
development.
I have installed Visual Studio and SQL Server 2000 also. I have an 80gb
hard drive which has been partitioned with 5gb for SQL and the remainder as
"C:"
My problem is that I wish to have a Disaster Recovery plan for the entire
drive's contents. In XP Disk Management I see a 5gb unnamed partition (I
assume it is the space for SQL). I also see the partition for C: as 69 gb (I
don't know where the missing 5 gb is!?!). When I launch "Backup" from
System Tools, "My Computer " only shows the C: drive. Viewing "Properties"
from Explorer, I see 69gb showing with 29gb used- this figure is shown on the
far right. Running XP Backup transfers 27gb to an external hard drive as the
backup set. There is no chance in Backup to "mark" the unnamed partition and
it is also obvious that Backup does not backup the "drive". Only the "named
C: partition".
How to I backup the entire drives contents? Essentially, I need a clone in
case of a hard disk crash. I don't want to go so far as to install SeaGate
to manage a small SQL problem.
I also considered using a product such as Novell's "Ghost". But I also have
a problem there. It will drop back to the command level and needs the floppy
(Sony) attached as a: When a reboot is made, I cannot boot from the floopy
as it is attached thru PCMCIA and needs the windows drivers running. Even
though the BIOS is set to boot first from floopy, it goes straight to the
hard disk
Your help will be appreciated.
development.
I have installed Visual Studio and SQL Server 2000 also. I have an 80gb
hard drive which has been partitioned with 5gb for SQL and the remainder as
"C:"
My problem is that I wish to have a Disaster Recovery plan for the entire
drive's contents. In XP Disk Management I see a 5gb unnamed partition (I
assume it is the space for SQL). I also see the partition for C: as 69 gb (I
don't know where the missing 5 gb is!?!). When I launch "Backup" from
System Tools, "My Computer " only shows the C: drive. Viewing "Properties"
from Explorer, I see 69gb showing with 29gb used- this figure is shown on the
far right. Running XP Backup transfers 27gb to an external hard drive as the
backup set. There is no chance in Backup to "mark" the unnamed partition and
it is also obvious that Backup does not backup the "drive". Only the "named
C: partition".
How to I backup the entire drives contents? Essentially, I need a clone in
case of a hard disk crash. I don't want to go so far as to install SeaGate
to manage a small SQL problem.
I also considered using a product such as Novell's "Ghost". But I also have
a problem there. It will drop back to the command level and needs the floppy
(Sony) attached as a: When a reboot is made, I cannot boot from the floopy
as it is attached thru PCMCIA and needs the windows drivers running. Even
though the BIOS is set to boot first from floopy, it goes straight to the
hard disk
Your help will be appreciated.