Install Windows XP 64 bit Edition

For reinstalling purposes, is it going to work ok if I install 64 bit
edition to a second partition then copy the installation to the first
harddrive so I have a backup installation available?


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Charlie
Thu Feb 15 19:43:11 CST 2007

I would be more inclined to do an initial installation and then use an
imaging utility to create a baseline backup that you could recover from.

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"umwhat" <mesomewhere@someotherplace.com> wrote in message
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> For reinstalling purposes, is it going to work ok if I install 64 bit
> edition to a second partition then copy the installation to the first
> harddrive so I have a backup installation available?
>
>
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> ...scribble...scribble...scribble...

Bruce
Thu Feb 15 19:54:02 CST 2007

umwhat wrote:
> For reinstalling purposes, is it going to work ok if I install 64 bit
> edition to a second partition then copy the installation to the first
> harddrive so I have a backup installation available?
>
>


No. At the very least, all of the pertinent registry entries will
point to the wrong partition.


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Tony
Fri Feb 16 05:42:18 CST 2007

Not, I think, if the B/U is used to recover the installation to the original
(2:nd Partition). More economical, though, to use imaging as Charlie said -
or perhaps even a mirroring RAID?


Tony. . .


"Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
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> umwhat wrote:
> > For reinstalling purposes, is it going to work ok if I install 64 bit
> > edition to a second partition then copy the installation to the first
> > harddrive so I have a backup installation available?
> >
> >
>
>
> No. At the very least, all of the pertinent registry entries will
> point to the wrong partition.
>
>
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> Bruce Chambers
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>
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Russell