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    Redundent Vista install

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by txp135, Mar 20, 2008.

  1. txp135

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    This is a Noob question, so it might sounds crazy. I've used Acronis on XP to create an exact image of an os hard drive, so if windows crash and I don't want to deal with it anymore, I can just pop in the other hard drive and I'm up and running in 5 minutes.

    Now that people can boot multiple OS from the same system, is it possible for me to create an exact image of Vista on a 2nd (active) HD? It would look like this..

    HD 0 (boot)
    C:Vista
    E :program Files
    F:\Data

    HD 1
    X:Vista(nonboot)
    Y :program Files

    So HD 1 contains all the necessary files just waiting to be activated when HD 0 goes down. I already have Recovery Disks, but it still take a lot of time to restore all of that. But I'm trying to find out if it's possible to have the system up and running 5 minutes after a disaster. Thanks...
     
    txp135, Mar 20, 2008
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