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Date:	Sat, 24 Jan 2004 23:19:23 PST8
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Archive boot, was Checkini hang

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In <40134E27.2060602@charter.net>, on 01/24/04
at 09:05 PM, Ray Davison said:

>When you boot from an archive do any of the files in that archive get
>copied over their counterparts on the HDD?

Oh, I suspect what you really mean to say is that when you restore an
archive do any of the files in that archive get copied. The answer is
yes. That's the definition of restoring an archive.

What happens is:

- the Desktop tree is delete
- the Desktop tree and any files it contains
is restored from the archive
- the INIs and any other files name in OS2.KEY are restored
- the files name in REGISTRY.KEY are restored

>If not then booting from an
>archive is merely a one tine boot to an alternate configuration of which
>you could have have many.

When you boot from an alternate configuration, you are booting with a
different config.sys and will use the INIs named in this config.sys to
locate the Desktop and populate it.

>And in this case, since the archive is not on
>the boot partition I don't even know what partition I am running from.

Huh? After you restore, the data will be on the boot partition unless you
really understand how the WPS is organized and like to play.

> How do I get those files on to the HDD in such a way that they are
>used during a normal boot?

You are not being very clear. I assume they are on a hard drive already,
just not the right one. What you could do is replace the content of
\OS2\ARCHIVE\01 or whatever with the archive you want to restore. Then
ARCRECV could find it.

Regards,

Steven

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