Here is my solution:
As i have had loads of problems with XP crashing and destroying everyting, including some caused by hardware problems. I have put all of my documents on another disk, simulating my "My Documents" folder. This way all "important" data is saved in case of a crash!
Also I have cloned my boot partition(Partition expert, partition magic etc. will let you do this). An here comes the trick:
In your registry you can actually change the drive letter of a partition. In other words the drive letters of your partition are in the registry of the partition you booted with.
I have changed these so:
1. When I boot with my "main boot" drive it has the drive letter "C" and my "backup boot" has drive letter "D".
2. When I boot with my "backup boot" drive it has the drive letter "C" and my "main boot" has drive letter "D".
This way if anything happens to either of them, I can select to boot from the other one and fix the damaged one. Without spending painstaken hours swapping WinXP Recovery console disks.
This way I can also remove the disk with my backup boot on it, and keep it somewere safe.
This setup is ideal when you only have one PeeCee and you don't want to go knocking your neighbours door and ask him:
Can I attatch my HD to your IDE bus so I can fix it
It'll only take a minut!
Just to have to tell him 9 hours later:
:-o Ups!......well erhh i think i have to go now(You fcked up his HD too)!
Cheers!
