Using Drive Image to adjust space?

[Rod Speed]

At present side-tracked by other problems concerning Windows Update!

If that is just getting updates where it complains about you not having
a valid copy of XP, its trivially fixable by letting it install the ActiveX
control, get to the Update screen which gives the choice of Express
and Custom upgrade checks. Paste
javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')

into the url box and hit enter. You don't see anything change on the screen.

Then use the button you require and it doesn't bother to do the check.



You can also use automatic updates too instead of that kludge.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

Thanks, I'll follow up on that idea. Looks like one such space below
my 2 CD/DVD drives. But I assume I must first check my
(dauntingly-written) motherboard guide to first establish whether I
can *add* a third IDE drive?

If you have 2 IDE channels, you can put 4 devices on it.
If not, you can use a PCI add-in card with an IDE controller
on it. They're made by Promise, Highpoint, SIIG, and several
others. I use the SIIG controller card which accommodates
up to 4 devices:
http://www.siig.com/product.asp?catid=103&pid=437
SIIG also has them for serial ATA devices:
http://www.siig.com/product.asp?catid=103&pid=467
You can use the model nos. to search Nextag.com and
Pricewatch.com for the current "street" prices.

When you get to stuffing lots of devices into the tower,
cabling can get to be a problem for both routing and
air passage. I use "round" cables for IDE parallel ATA
devices (also the floppy drive), and they have worked
well for me for 2 years, now. I prefer the kind with the
aluminum braid shielding:
http://www.svc.com/cables-ata-100-133-round-cables.html
Here the aluminum shielding is called braided "silver":
http://www.svc.com/rc18hd1.html
"Round" cables don't conform to the formal ATA specs,
which designate 80-conductor ribbon cable, but these
use 80-conductor twisted pairs to accomplish the same
thing - each data wire is twisted together with a ground
wire. "Round" cables also come in a range of lengths
and in both one- and two-device configurations.

If you go the removable tray route for your backup HDs,
you'll be amazed at the convenience and versatility.

*TimDaniels*

 

[JC]

The question remains, WHERE does Partition Magic
reside such that it can be accessed and used to "unhide"
the backup when the 1st HD fails? If it's on the 1st HD,
it's toast.

I run Partition magic from a 1.44 floppy disk. All I need is a boot
floppy and the Partition Magic floppy to be up and running again.

I could also use a Boot CD with the USB drivers on it to restore an
image from an external hard drive. Drive Image can be run from a
floppy also.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

I run Partition magic from a 1.44 floppy disk. All I need
is a boot floppy and the Partition Magic floppy to be up
and running again.

I could also use a Boot CD with the USB drivers on it to
restore an image from an external hard drive. Drive Image
can be run from a floppy also.

Interesting. Could you provide some details on how
you made the boot floppy that would load from the
Partition Magic floppy, and how was the Partition Magic
floppy made? Same for the boot CD with the USB
drivers, and how to run DI from a floppy. If you use
DI 7.0, you'd need Microsoft .NET Framework as well -
what do you do about that?

*TimDaniels*

 

[Terry Pinnell]

If you have 2 IDE channels, you can put 4 devices on it.
If not, you can use a PCI add-in card with an IDE controller
on it. They're made by Promise, Highpoint, SIIG, and several
others. I use the SIIG controller card which accommodates
up to 4 devices:
http://www.siig.com/product.asp?catid=103&pid=437
SIIG also has them for serial ATA devices:
http://www.siig.com/product.asp?catid=103&pid=467
You can use the model nos. to search Nextag.com and
Pricewatch.com for the current "street" prices.

When you get to stuffing lots of devices into the tower,
cabling can get to be a problem for both routing and
air passage. I use "round" cables for IDE parallel ATA
devices (also the floppy drive), and they have worked
well for me for 2 years, now. I prefer the kind with the
aluminum braid shielding:
http://www.svc.com/cables-ata-100-133-round-cables.html
Here the aluminum shielding is called braided "silver":
http://www.svc.com/rc18hd1.html
"Round" cables don't conform to the formal ATA specs,
which designate 80-conductor ribbon cable, but these
use 80-conductor twisted pairs to accomplish the same
thing - each data wire is twisted together with a ground
wire. "Round" cables also come in a range of lengths
and in both one- and two-device configurations.

If you go the removable tray route for your backup HDs,
you'll be amazed at the convenience and versatility.

Many thanks, appreciate the detailed advice.

 

[Terry Pinnell]

I run Partition magic from a 1.44 floppy disk. All I need is a boot
floppy and the Partition Magic floppy to be up and running again.

I could also use a Boot CD with the USB drivers on it to restore an
image from an external hard drive. Drive Image can be run from a
floppy also.

Are these the two 'Rescue Diskettes' that PM 2002 and DI 2002 prompted
me to make on installation? The first is bootable, the second contains
the program. They can also be made at any time later. I made the two
sets, but I'm hoping that I never have to use them!

 

[Timothy Daniels]

Are these the two 'Rescue Diskettes' that PM 2002 and DI 2002
prompted me to make on installation? The first is bootable, the
second contains the program. They can also be made at any time
later. I made the two sets, but I'm hoping that I never have to use
them!

Thanks, Terry!

*TimDaniels*