11-30-2005
pressy --- thanks for the compliment but that script is a hack of a hack of a hack (and so on and so forth) and not mine completely ...
anyways, the reformat and the data copies into the 2nd drive can be done during normal working hours with the reboot waiting until after the users are off the system ... i would suggest trying that option first --- maybe there's no need to reinstall the os at all ...
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