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Re: Spare Hard Drive
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Ashok Bhiman <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:09:39 +0530
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>controller,  How would I get the backup to be bootable when the current
>drive fails.
>
>   I appreciate your time spent here
>
>John


Dear John,

Have Win95 bootable floppy always ready with fdisk also on it. Should your
primary fail, go to BIOS set up Boot sequence A,C. Now boot up with the
floppy. Use fdisk to make the backup partition active. Switch off. From BIOS
set boot sequence C,A. You are now back in business!
CIAO

(Dr. Ashok Bhiman)
                       M.D.
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