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Originally Posted by aklim
Some programs allow you to back up your hard disk. I bought a Seagate drive and the programs supplied allowed me to copy the boot disk to this new disk. Of course, I formatted the old disk once things were up and running. However, I use this program to duplicate my hard drive every so often. That way, if I had your problem, I would at worst disconnect my "new" drive and boot up the "old" one with a minimum of fuss.
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Yep, that's a good idea. I've been running this machine with just the typical backups to an external drive. Doesn't do me much good, however, the capability to boot up if the current drive won't start.
I do believe it's possible to create a boot disk to work in the CD-ROM drive to get the machine up and running. Then, access to the external drive would allow continued operation if the main drive won't run.