Recent content by ssoni223

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    SLAVE drive w/ "boot failure" prevents MASTER XP drive booting

    My XP locked up. So, I did a hard shutdown When I tried to restart, I got a "Boot failure" error. (F me) I want to mirror my XP backup (on an 80GB drive) BACK onto this corrupt XP drive (b/c it's brand new 300GB) So, I attached the 300GB boot failure drive as a SLAVE, and was going...
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    Acronis and incremental backups (I don't like this 1 bit)

    So after a few months, I'm gonna have DOZENS of files. But Acronis will know to apply one after the other over the original image? Seems like a long, redundant process. I think I prefer to do FULL backup each time. KISS
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    Acronis and incremental backups (I don't like this 1 bit)

    Ok, I set up my slave drive and scheduled incremental Acronis backups. I now have 3 files after 3 days. (80GB, 2GB, 2GB.) That means, after a few months, I'm going to have dozens of files. This seems like a total mess. I prefer to have 1 file. Period. I will just schedule a FULL...
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    Going to get a IDE/PCI RAID-1 Controller

    It got awful reviews. I think I'm gonna avoid this. You know, I don't mind spending a few bucks to ensure this works right. Anything more highend and more reliable?
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    Proposed HD/OS backup plan...feedback?

    Rogue, If I only imaged the bare OS, I'd have to reinstall all my apps onto the backup. That's why I'd rather image the OS+Apps. Upon recovery, I'd just need to copy the MyDocs over.
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    Going to get a IDE/PCI RAID-1 Controller

    Rosewill is sold out at newegg. Can u recc. any other RAID PCI IDE card? Thanks!
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    Proposed HD/OS backup plan...feedback?

    Here is my plan: Drive 1) Do a fresh XP install. Install all my apps. Copy over MyDocs Drive 2) Mirror drive 1 and store in desk. Drive 3) Daily external USB backup of myDocs. Drive 4) Add this as a RAID-1 live mirror drive of Drive 1 In event of OS failure/corruption/virus, I can...
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    Going to get a IDE/PCI RAID-1 Controller

    RebateM, Here is my plan: Drive 1) Do a fresh XP install. Install all my apps. And MyDocs Drive 2) Mirror drive 1 and store in desk Drive 3) Daily external USB backup of myDocs. Drive 4) Add this as a RAID-1 live mirror drive of Drive 1 So, yes, I also need a more transparent...
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    Going to get a IDE/PCI RAID-1 Controller

    I am running XP-SP2 (And will be for quite some time) I have two 300GB Maxtors. I'd like to have a RAID-1 setup to mirror my drive as a backup. Can anyone recc. a RAID controller card for my purposes? I see these 2 at geeks.com. Good enough? ITE IT8212F UDMA/133 IDE RAID PCI...
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    What's a free Ebay sniper site?

    thanks
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    How can I enable getting PM's?

    Visually dismissed "personal options" as some column heading Thanks
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    How can I enable getting PM's?

    thanks