Replacing A HDD in a Dual Drive System

Eberhard Roloff tuxebi at gmx.de
Wed Mar 11 13:57:38 UTC 2009


Brian McKee wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Thus it will be easier to restore, after it has been overwritten.
>> It might be easier to just disconnect your linux drive, install XP on
>> the new drive as the only drive present, then connect the linux drive
>> back up.
> 
> But, hey - a backup is always a good idea :-)  Do that too.
> 
> Brian
> 
Fully agreed. This will be the easiest solution, if you want to open 
your case.

And although backup always is a good idea ;-), I cannot see,
what to backup here. Windows per definition does not need backups ;-)) 
and Linux will be disconnected.

Kind regards
Eberhard





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