For those that don't know about Microsoft's latest update..

[Cleo]

OK, dumb PC question. We do this on Macs in case an update goes bad.

Can't you just mirror the drive before doing an update and if things go bad just restore the drive from the mirror?

Mac people use Carbon Copy Cloner, I thought Ghost did this on the PC side of things.

[amber438]

Originally Posted by Cleo

OK, dumb PC question. We do this on Macs in case an update goes bad.

Can't you just mirror the drive before doing an update and if things go bad just restore the drive from the mirror?

Mac people use Carbon Copy Cloner, I thought Ghost did this on the PC side of things.

Yes you can use ghost, I use it all the time. But in the case of windows 2K or Xp, because the os is proprietary, if you have say replaced the chip or mobo or other assorted itmes, it may be a but hairy and will probably ask you to reregister. Win2k had a replicator called sysrep that replicated for you too because of this problem.
In case of trouble, I always just have my os on it's own hard drive and install all programs on another so I can see what I had, what I still want, etc. I also always try to keep a mirrored hard drive on hand at all times in a removable case just for problems

[Verbal]

Originally Posted by Cleo

OK, dumb PC question. We do this on Macs in case an update goes bad.

Can't you just mirror the drive before doing an update and if things go bad just restore the drive from the mirror?

Mac people use Carbon Copy Cloner, I thought Ghost did this on the PC side of things.

In WinXP, you can set what's called a System Restore Point, which is a snapshot of your system, apps, registry etc. Then if anything screws up after installing new software, you can revert back to how it was before. It has saved my ass on several occassions.