Gary Stainburn wrote: >> I always keep a copy of Windows XP on my computers. >> I very rarely use them, but find that they are occasionally useful. >> In any case, with the upcoming death of XP >> I'm thinking of keeping a backup copy of my Windows partition >> on a USB stick or external hard disk. > Firstly, why bother changing anything? It is only the support that is > ceasing, XP will continue to function. I Basically, I'm (slightly) worried the disk might fail, and then there would be no way of re-installing XP properly (eg no SP3). -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org