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Jeff, this makes sense, still it means that I have to be careful. I bought
the 80GB drive since I needed additional space and thought: I can use it anyway whenever I decide to upgrade my PC to a much newer one (for the things I do at home the PI 200MHz is satisfactory fast I even manage to write DVD's although the speed is limited to 2.4X because my configuration does not allow faster data transfer from the disks to the DVD). However I did not know that that could mean that I need to re-format the disk completely. Although it may not be necessary (especially when I can re-use the Promise card) however, thanks to your much valuable information, I know now that it could be necessary! Currently I am quite content with the Promise, but when it fails I may have a problem that only regular back-ups can solve. Jeff, again many thanks for your valuable contributions! "Jeff Richards" schreef: That's just what it means. However, it's not the chipset that determines the compatibility, but the BIOS. The problem is most likely when the systems implement enhanced functionality through BIOS functions. A configuration change in the controller, such as LARGE to LBA, will invariably require re-partitioning and re-formatting. -- Jeff Richards |
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You can use a hard drive for backup with one proviso, and that is to assume
you will replace the primary hard disk if it dies. So whatever disk is being used for backup can stay where it is, and the contents will be accessible for doing a restore just as soon as the primary drive has been replaced or repaired. Assuming that in the event of a disaster you can just move the backup drive to the primary controller and re-boot is the risky option. -- Jeff Richards MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User) "RobH" wrote in message ... Jeff, this makes sense, still it means that I have to be careful. I bought the 80GB drive since I needed additional space and thought: I can use it anyway whenever I decide to upgrade my PC to a much newer one (for the things I do at home the PI 200MHz is satisfactory fast I even manage to write DVD's although the speed is limited to 2.4X because my configuration does not allow faster data transfer from the disks to the DVD). However I did not know that that could mean that I need to re-format the disk completely. Although it may not be necessary (especially when I can re-use the Promise card) however, thanks to your much valuable information, I know now that it could be necessary! Currently I am quite content with the Promise, but when it fails I may have a problem that only regular back-ups can solve. Jeff, again many thanks for your valuable contributions! "Jeff Richards" schreef: That's just what it means. However, it's not the chipset that determines the compatibility, but the BIOS. The problem is most likely when the systems implement enhanced functionality through BIOS functions. A configuration change in the controller, such as LARGE to LBA, will invariably require re-partitioning and re-formatting. -- Jeff Richards |
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I was referring to normal backup methods like placing the content on DVD or
CD. I already gathered that using a second Harddisk as backup would have the same problems as just moving a single HD around as I did, so in that respect no more surprises for me... Definitely I will come across other problems I can not yet foresee at this moment... For your info: I was planning to use the 80GB as temporary storage of home made videos which I wanted to try transport from my JVC camera to DVD with as less as possible editing (merely cutting some frames...) I know that I need much more power (10-15X) to be able to really edit video on a PC, but that I was not planning to do at this moment. Regards! "Jeff Richards" wrote: You can use a hard drive for backup with one proviso, and that is to assume you will replace the primary hard disk if it dies. So whatever disk is being used for backup can stay where it is, and the contents will be accessible for doing a restore just as soon as the primary drive has been replaced or repaired. Assuming that in the event of a disaster you can just move the backup drive to the primary controller and re-boot is the risky option. -- Jeff Richards |
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