In our last episode
Arnie Robuck <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I think you are going way to far right for what you want to do. The
>quickest, easiest and cheapest way to a complete backup of your system is to
>use a tape.

Sorry, I have to disagree with that entire statement.  Tape is slower
than copying to another drive. The restore is -way- slower and much more
work. First you need to reinstall the OS, then the backup. Plus I don't
fully trust the tape medium.

I fully copy to my back-up drive in about 6 1/2 min. (1.2 gig).
To restore, swap the drives.

Granted, I have made it very easy by using swapable drive bays (approx.
$25 each) and Drive Copy (which I bata tested for PQ) which is much
quicker than xcopy. And the copy is 'ready to run'. No need to set
active partition, bla bla bla...

To restore my system,

1. Unlock and swap drives
2. Power up.

System restored in under 1 min.

The key to any backup system is however, how long ago did you last make
that backup? When you can back-up in under 7 min (in my case, YMMV) by
running one DOS program, One is more likely to have a current, viable
back-up.

HTH
Al Anger

For better or worse, I wrote my life story;
some blame is mine, and so to, some glory.