XP boot disk

[Guest Viking]

Hi !

I have just reintalled my computer with XP Home Edition and SP2 + all

updates and reinstalled all the programs and drivers that i need.

 

Is it possible to make a bootable disk with this configuration ?

 

Would save a lot of time........

 

Brgds

Viking

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: XP boot disk

 

 

"Viking" <Viking@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:8F6A7A42-D952-4BC0-A9FD-BA431A5304F6@microsoft.com...

> Hi !

> I have just reintalled my computer with XP Home Edition and SP2 + all

> updates and reinstalled all the programs and drivers that i need.

>

> Is it possible to make a bootable disk with this configuration ?

>

> Would save a lot of time........

>

> Brgds

> Viking

 

You don't want a boot disk - you want an image of your installation

that you can restore. Acronis TrueImage is one of several that provide

this facility. There are even some free ones around.

[Guest Viking]

Re: XP boot disk

 

Thanks, have to see what kind of programs i can find that are easy to use.

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "Viking" <Viking@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:8F6A7A42-D952-4BC0-A9FD-BA431A5304F6@microsoft.com...

> > Hi !

> > I have just reintalled my computer with XP Home Edition and SP2 + all

> > updates and reinstalled all the programs and drivers that i need.

> >

> > Is it possible to make a bootable disk with this configuration ?

> >

> > Would save a lot of time........

> >

> > Brgds

> > Viking

>

> You don't want a boot disk - you want an image of your installation

> that you can restore. Acronis TrueImage is one of several that provide

> this facility. There are even some free ones around.

>

>

>

[Guest Bob Harris]

Re: XP boot disk

 

If you want to be able to reinstall XP on the same computer, in case of

virus or disk failure, then you want software that can make a disk (or

partition) image. Several programs are listed at this link; some are free:

 

http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads3.html

 

But, be careful, some backup/restore programs work only if Windows is

working. Avoid those. Get something that can boot itself from CD without

Windows. I have used Acronis True Image reliably for years. Note that

newers versions of Norton GHOST can also do this; older versions used a

bootable floppy.

 

If you want to be able to boot the boot to fix somehting that is preventing

XP from working normally, then options include:

 

(1) XP recovery console, run from the XP CD (or from a floppy set available

free form Microsoft).

(2) Windows PE CD based on XP, if you can find one. This was restricted to

IT professionals, but copies can sometimes be found.

(3) Make a Bart's PE CD, using your XP CD and a small program available at:

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

(4) Try to make a Vista PE CD. I have heard that Microsoft id offering the

ability to do this to everyone, not just IT pros.

(5) Use one of many a free "live" LINUX CD images. These run form the CD,

and do not install on your hard drive. KNOPPIX is one of the easiest to

use, although a large download; KNOPPIX supports NTFS:

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html Other "live" LINUX CDs are

available at: http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

 

 

 

"Viking" <Viking@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:8F6A7A42-D952-4BC0-A9FD-BA431A5304F6@microsoft.com...

> Hi !

> I have just reintalled my computer with XP Home Edition and SP2 + all

> updates and reinstalled all the programs and drivers that i need.

>

> Is it possible to make a bootable disk with this configuration ?

>

> Would save a lot of time........

>

> Brgds

> Viking

[Guest Plato]

Re: XP boot disk

 

=?Utf-8?B?VmlraW5n?= wrote:

>

> I have just reintalled my computer with XP Home Edition and SP2 + all

> updates and reinstalled all the programs and drivers that i need.

>

> Is it possible to make a bootable disk with this configuration ?

 

Yes

 

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