Can Rollback Rx Protect 2-HDDs?

[ErikAlbert]

Jaws,
Thanks. For the moment, I keep it the way it is :
C = system partition with winXPproSP2 on it and bootable.
D = personal partition with my personal files and not bootable.
and take the rest of your advices in consideration.

I don't really need more for the moment, because I have alot of new legitimate softwares to try to make my final choice and spend money on it, if necessary. Even the hardware, I never had, requires some study too.
Once I have the essential ones, I will install my pc from scratch again.

Thanks for the lessons for partitioning in the past, it was alot easier than I thought.

[pvsurfer]

Originally Posted by Jaws

....Just unplug your first HDD and setup your second HDD as master and install windows again. Then reinstall the first HDD as master and the second HDD as slave. Windows will just sit there dormant on the second HDD with your personal files. If your C: drive craps out, disconnect the first drive and make the second drive the master and cable it properly and now you can boot into that drive.

Since you're not actively using both windows installs, it's probably legal but I could not say for sure.

Sounds easy, but think about it... What about the all-important (and constantly changing) Documents and Settings folder on the now inaccessible C-drive? Even if you had a copy of that entire folder, simply copying it over the default Documents and Settings folder that would be on the D-drive would corrupt the Windows installation on the D-drive! There would be other complications as well...

Afaik, the only other (and better) solution for Erik than what I suggested in my prior post would be to implement a mirrored drive to C: (i.e., RAID 1). I don't think Rollback would work in a RAID 1 environment, but then again, you wouldn't need it!

~pv

[Jaws]

In the context of the question posed by Erik:

Suppose my system partition ("C:") is in trouble and I can't access my personal partition anymore. Isn't it better to have a bootable harddisk in that case to have more possibilities or something?

My comment is limited to having a boot-able HDD to access the personal partition, and was not intended to be a backup to the C: drive.

[Chris12923]

Originally Posted by pvsurfer

I asked this question because the user manual is rather vague on this issue and the FAQs do not address it. I sent an email asking the same question to Rollback support 3-days ago, but so far they haven't replied. Actually, I've sent them a few emails asking different questions and none have been answered - so far, I don't have a high regard for their tech-support.

I have talked to HDS and they do not see your mails. Can you send them another if you still need to talk with them. If you do not hear back within 2 days please let me know and I'll try to help figure out what's happening with your mails. Their support is quite good actually. Please don't give up on them.

Thanks,

Chris

[pvsurfer]

Originally Posted by Chris12923

I have talked to HDS and they do not see your mails. Can you send them another if you still need to talk with them. If you do not hear back within 2 days please let me know and I'll try to help figure out what's happening with your mails. Their support is quite good actually. Please don't give up on them.

Thanks,

Chris

The reason they claim not to have seen my emails is because my email address is under my real name.

Anyhow, I'm not giving up on them yet - but you are a darn good 'pinch-hitter' (hope you understand baseball parlance)!

~pv