Re: tlug: Recovery Disk

[Jonathan Byrne <jq@example.com>]

On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Rob Bickel wrote:

> so I may end up just buying that, but then what worries me is that
> when Win98 screws itself up and I have to re-install it and I am
> sure that time will come, I will only have the "Recovery Disk" and
> will have to delete Linux in order to re-install Win98.  That really
> sucks.

It does indeed, but there is one other workaround: put Windows on a
separate disk, all by itself, and make the disk the C: drive.  Then you
can use the W98 recovery disk, and it will restore the C: drive and
(should) ignore the D: drive.  To be absolutely safe, though, I would take
the additional step of disconnecting the cable from the D: drive when
using the recovery disk.


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