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I want to test my backup system by purposely corrupting my OS (Windows XP).
My backup system is nothing but a secondary internal SATA hard drive that I
periodically copy my data to. My concern is that my backup disk will
somehow become inaccessible in the event of an OS corruption - even after
reinstalling my OS on my System disk. Is it possible for the Partition
Table (or some other thing) of my Backup disk to get screwed up by a corrupt
OS?
Here are some suggested ways to purposely corrupt the Windows XP operating
system:
1) delete C:\WINDOWS\system32\Hall.dll
more info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=314477
2) delete C:\boot.ini
3) delete C:\WINDOWS\system32\secur32.dll
4) open the C:\WINDOWS\System32 folder, sort the files by Type, and select
and delete at random any 5 .dll files
If anyone can think of other options that could potentially make my
secondary internal HDD inaccessible, please let me know.
So far, I have not been able to find a way to make this backup system fail.
To recover my data in case of disaster, I plan to reinstall Windows XP on my
System disk, and then copy all my data from my Backup disk to my System
disk. All data and system files reside on my System disk; the only thing I
use the Backup disk for is a secondary copy of my data (only data),
periodically copied from my System disk.
The exercise at hand is to somehow find a way to make my backup system fail.
Even if the motherboard in my PC were to meltdown and take my System disk
with it, I could still buy a new PC and simply connect my Backup disk to it
and recover all my data! This system is bulletproof!!
I want to test my backup system by purposely corrupting my OS (Windows XP).
My backup system is nothing but a secondary internal SATA hard drive that I
periodically copy my data to. My concern is that my backup disk will
somehow become inaccessible in the event of an OS corruption - even after
reinstalling my OS on my System disk. Is it possible for the Partition
Table (or some other thing) of my Backup disk to get screwed up by a corrupt
OS?
Here are some suggested ways to purposely corrupt the Windows XP operating
system:
1) delete C:\WINDOWS\system32\Hall.dll
more info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=314477
2) delete C:\boot.ini
3) delete C:\WINDOWS\system32\secur32.dll
4) open the C:\WINDOWS\System32 folder, sort the files by Type, and select
and delete at random any 5 .dll files
If anyone can think of other options that could potentially make my
secondary internal HDD inaccessible, please let me know.
So far, I have not been able to find a way to make this backup system fail.
To recover my data in case of disaster, I plan to reinstall Windows XP on my
System disk, and then copy all my data from my Backup disk to my System
disk. All data and system files reside on my System disk; the only thing I
use the Backup disk for is a secondary copy of my data (only data),
periodically copied from my System disk.
The exercise at hand is to somehow find a way to make my backup system fail.
Even if the motherboard in my PC were to meltdown and take my System disk
with it, I could still buy a new PC and simply connect my Backup disk to it
and recover all my data! This system is bulletproof!!