logic of backup i have been backing up my hard drive ever since i had to re install everything from scratch after a crash learned the hard way didn t i i am using a windows based backup program actually norton and i began wondering about the logic of this sure if i accidentally delete a file i can get it from the archive but what if my disk crashes again i would not be able to start windows to run the backup program note by crash i mean there was some error message that prevented the machine from booting properly i think i gave up too early but i didn t have the time patience tools to figure out exactly what the problem was my hard drive needed cleaning up anyway yeah right this whole scenario is complicated by the fact that i am using stacker so i think there are possibilities i m right if my disk really crashes i would at least have to re install dos and windows to get the backup program working i m wrong there is an easy way to make a mirror of a hard disk that can easily restore it s state from scratch the polls are open tom ioerger univeristy of illinois cs grad student ioerger cs uiuc edu
