[Discussion] Backup & restore of bootable partitions

[David Azarewicz]

I use ZIP.  Specifically "zip -RS9 x:\zipfile.zip *" executed in the root of the 
drive I want to backup.

Then "unzip x:\zipfile.zip"  in the root of the newly formatted drive.

If the zipped drive was bootable, then the new unzipped drive will also be 
bootable (assuming you unzip to the same drive letter that it was zipped 
from).  This has always worked for me and I have been doing this for 10+ 
years.  This is how I backup and also how I move my system to 
different/larger disks.  I never reinstall.

David


On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:53:31 -0600 (CST), Don Hawkinson wrote:

>Thomas Clayton <topcatdrc at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Are you saying you PKZipped the  entire partition into *.zip files? 
>
>Yes, one zip file per partition.  I have them on one large partition
>and I also move them to DVD.   
>
>The Warp 3 partition is back from when I was using a 386 CPU.
>I don't use it very often and only want it to see if new programs
>still run under Warp3.    The partition is still bootable, but I will 
>eventually have to replace the drive.
>
>I don't know just what files are installed with SYSINSTX and
>if running it from an eCS boot would result in a bootable
>Warp3 partition.
>

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