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MarkShot · 08-15-06, 08:58 AM

I took my main install of XP and cloned it to another partition. I disabled the network card in the device manager for the cloned partition. Thus, I got rid of firewalls, spyware sweepers, virus scanners, and Windows Update. As the partition has no access to the Internet, there is no reason to maintain or patch it; just use it to play PA when I want. You can enable hibernate through power options and then you select it through the shutdown prompt (hibernate instead of shutdown). Next time you boot, everything gets reloaded.

Tools involved:

Partitioning - Partition Magic
Multi-booting - System Commander
Cloning - Norton Ghost

08-15-06, 08:58 AM	#12
MarkShot Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,134 Downloads: 93 Uploads: 0	I took my main install of XP and cloned it to another partition. I disabled the network card in the device manager for the cloned partition. Thus, I got rid of firewalls, spyware sweepers, virus scanners, and Windows Update. As the partition has no access to the Internet, there is no reason to maintain or patch it; just use it to play PA when I want. You can enable hibernate through power options and then you select it through the shutdown prompt (hibernate instead of shutdown). Next time you boot, everything gets reloaded. Tools involved: Partitioning - Partition Magic Multi-booting - System Commander Cloning - Norton Ghost __________________ War games, not wars! --- Only a small few profit from war (that should not stand)!