Re: [WinMac] Two NT bootable partitions?
From: Curtis Wilcox (cwcx@mail.rochester.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 25 2000 - 13:55:03 PST
At 04:31 PM 2/24/2000 -0500, Tom Roth wrote:
>Is it possible to have two NT bootable partitions? I think it is but
>I'm not sure how to proceed. I've just gotten a new (used but new to
>me) computer that has dual 4GB SCSI hard disks. I've just about
>finished installing and configuring everything to the C drive and now
>I'm thinking about what to do with the D drive. Should I used it for
>data files? Should I install another copy of WinNT on it in case of a
>HD failure? Do I just copy all the files from C to D or should I do
>another install?
This is for NT Workstation I assume. Doing a minimal NT install on the
second disk is not a bad idea. No, you can't just copy the files over. When
you have it installed on the second disk, you'll have 4 options instead of
2 in your boot menu, choices 3 and 4 will be for the D drive.
If you keep all your data on D: then you can blow away C: if a problem
arises and not lose your files.
Putting your pagefile on a (physical) disk separate from your system
(C:\winnt) can improve performance.
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Curtis Wilcox cwcx@ats.rochester.edu
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