From: "Geo" 

Long as you have your backup copy someplace safe there is no reason you
can't try again and again until you get the results you want.

Geo.

"Scott"  wrote in message
news:4304b5c2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Thanx Geo:
>
> I was wondering what negative things would occur if I weren't
> bang-on-the-dot with this; I'd hate to have to loose data and have to
> re-input the proggies etc.
>
>
> Geo wrote:
> > "Scott"  wrote in message
> > news:4300aa62$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> >
> >>So... I've done an NTBACKUP of the drive. I'd like to know what the
> >>proper restore should be. Also, was there something I should have done
> >>in the backup to ensure (besides verify which I did, no errors) it's
> >>proper restore?
> >
> >
> > Typically you would do a format, install NT, then restore. You might
want to
> > check your bios and enable LBA or any other settings for large drive
support
> > if the bios is older.
> >
> > I'm not at all sure that's the problem though, the errors you mentioned
> > sound like either bad hardware (bad or loose cable or flakey drive) or
> > possibly bad ram or maybe it's just an incompatibility between your bios
and
> > the drive.
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> >

--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5