cloning/backing up OS2 hd
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Name: eugene
Date: September 20, 2001 at 02:14:44 Pacific
Subject: cloning/backing up OS2 hd |
Comment: Hello all, Normally in Win 3.11, all we needed to do to back up a harddisk is to simply copy all the files on the harddisk into a new one, make it bootable using Dos boot disks.
So the question now is, can we do the same for OS2 ? regards,
Eugene
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Response Number 1
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Name: destiny
Date: September 23, 2001 at 09:40:22 Pacific
Subject: cloning/backing up OS2 hd |
Reply: (edit)depends is the hardware all the same? os/2
does far more hardware detecting & setting
than win 3.11. the best disk format is
hpfs rather than fat. os/2 would need to
be installed or format from boot disks.
usually better to do normal install unless
all your hardware is identical.
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Response Number 2
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Name: JohnP
Date: September 26, 2001 at 09:49:37 Pacific
Subject: cloning/backing up OS2 hd
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Reply: (edit)If you have a copying utility that copies the entire disk (MBR and all) it'll backup/clone okay otherwise you'll have to make it bootable via OS/2 system files, not DOS and then (x)copy everything over.
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Name: Russell Diefenderfer
Date: November 5, 2001 at 10:18:20 Pacific
Subject: cloning/backing up OS2 hd
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Reply: (edit)If you haven't made a set of utility diskettes, make them first. Than simply boot the system up using these diskettes, and run the BACKUP.EXE program located on the Diskette labeled Disk 3. The exact command line is backup c:\*.* x: /s where X is the drive letter you wish to store the backup on. This will give you a full system backup. One which you could restore the system from in the event of a hardware failure or system crash.
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