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25278	2001-11-23 05:04:00	I installed a second hard drive after reading the 'How to' guide a month or two back which made it look easy. The new drive finally gave me a chance to do a full system backup of my original drive (all 4GB or so). I felt so proud! However, I've since read the instructions on how to restore your system when disaster strikes. They say you need a full system backup (check), a Windows 98 system boot disk (check), and your Windows 98 CD (damn!). I only have a quick restore CD which only works if I've already loaded Windows! Are there any other apps that will restore a full system backup and fit on a floppy disk?	Guest (0)
25279	2001-11-23 05:16:00	are you kidding?	Guest (0)
25280	2001-11-23 05:25:00	Yes, I think he is Stan!!!!	Guest (0)
25281	2001-11-23 06:01:00	It might still be possible -- this is one of those OEM installed OS, without a full CD of the software you have paid for. The beauty of this idesa is that you can test it. Of course no backup is a backup until it has been tested. The recovery floppy ought to be made on your working system (In add/remove software there is a tab to make a recovery disk). Make sure that any HIDDEN directories have been copied across to your backup drive. Make sure that you have everything. Then turn off, shift the drive select jumpers so that the backup is the master, and unplug your main disk. Boot up the floppy, and see if it will restore. You ought to be able to get it right in a few goes. The installers tend to hide a lot of the essential stuff, but what they can invent, we can beat. The other idea which might work: if the drives had identical geometries perhaps the old DOS command diskcopy would work? It worked OK for floppies!	Guest (0)
25282	2001-11-25 00:25:00	If the Restore CD is bootable and your system has been set to boot from CD (this can be enabled through the BIOS) then you can just insert the CD into the drive and restart the computer.	Guest (0)
25283	2001-11-27 02:16:00	Thanks Tristan, but the CD only restores the system to the state it was when it came out of the box and it only seems to boot from the original hard drive.	Guest (0)
25284	2001-11-27 02:22:00	Thanks Graham I have already tried this approach up to the point where I have finished booting the pc from the floppy. At the DOS prompt I have checked the contents of C drive and can see the .QIC backup file. What next?	Guest (0)
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