See http://www.geocities.com/glebadavid/files/computer/howtofixwin.txt Doug McGarrett wrote:

Good evening--

I would very much like the "incantaions." Thank you very much!

--doug

At 08:11 PM 9/14/2005 -0400, you wrote:

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Doug McGarrett wrote:

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I have 2 hard drives and the XP drive is getting flakey, altho it booted today. Is there any way to copy the _complete_ xp drive, registry, files, and all to the Linux drive, and then, having replaced the flakey drive, copy all of that back, and have a bootable, usable xp system? If so, please give me detailed directions. I'm an RF guy, not a computer maven.

BTW, the flakey drive contains the dual-boot system, and I could not get into that last night. Can I get into the Linux drive directly somehow,

from a floppy or a CD or something?

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TIA!--doug

Yes, I do it all the time with tar. tar up the folders: windows, documents..., program files..., then untar them in a drive partitioned the same as the previous one, and it works.

This is how I backup windows and restore it.

I can give you the exact incantations if you like.

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