In the SATA thread comment was made about older drives being &quot;too small&quot;<br>
While at first thought we had some of this&nbsp; already worked out- a new angle comes up.<br>
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The concept of older smaller drives being used as&nbsp; &quot;in place failure mitigation&quot;<br>
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Overview is: A fully functional install with minimal yet complete tools for recovery.<br>
However the functionality has to include daily use items such as web browser,light office etc.<br>
The real shining grace comes when drive appearing to windows as letter R or similar saves the day.<br>
That day saving is executed by having copies of the most recent user data- and tools to use it.<br>
Or at minimum burn/network/email a copy of that user data. So how is this concept different?<br>
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THIS concept boots up to a stable Linux desktop and turns panic into hope. <br>
&nbsp;Boot sequence&nbsp; is set so a primary drive boot failure
invokes the &quot;recovery drive&quot; to take over. Allowing recovery in a
graceful no panic fashion. Even possibly showing a Windows user how <br>
Linux can save the day.<br>