On (04 Jan 97) Rick Collins wrote to John Kismul...
 RC> You might argue that it's easier to FORMAT.  Well, you'll be wrong,
 RC> and I'll save you the trouble by telling you why:  if you FORMAT,
 RC> then the _first_ thing you have to do is re-install your OS.  Then,
 RC> you may have to re-install and configure your backup software.  After
 RC> you do that, you can do your restore from backup.  Now, if you didn't
 RC> FORMAT, all you'd have to do is the last step - the restore.
While I whole heartedly agree with your point about not bothering to format
you are making way too much of a project out of your restore description.
Decent backup software should be able to operate from a bootable floppy and
restore everything, including the OS, with one command per partition.
-bc-
bclark@rochgte.fidonet.org
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