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  3. March 2007

RE: newer backup methods was: Accidentally Lost Data

I think Dells can boot from USB drives. Depends on the BIOS. Our former
server guy had a bootable USB key with boucoups of utils.

Now... on a Macintosh, you can boot from a Firewire external drive. THAT
lets you test your backups.

Loyd Goodbar
Senior programmer/analyst
BorgWarner
TS Water Valley
662-473-5713

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Glenn Ericson
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 14:05
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
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Subject: RE: newer backup methods was: Accidentally Lost Data

Are  USB Drives  bootable?
Say   I  want to  boot of the USB  which is an image  copy of  my C
drive.

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