Guest rb Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 I'll have my complete windows xp and data files backup up on a USB hard drive. Where can I find a freeware boot disk to help me in put windows xp and data files as a recovery to a crashed C: drive?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: back up question "rb" <rbig@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:OaoylunBJHA.4660@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > I'll have my complete windows xp and data files backup up on a USB hard > drive. > > Where can I find a freeware boot disk to help me in put windows xp and > data files as a recovery to a crashed C: drive? How exactly did you back up your WinXP installation to your USB disk?
Guest Anthony Buckland Posted August 25, 2008 Posted August 25, 2008 Re: back up question "rb" <rbig@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:OaoylunBJHA.4660@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > I'll have my complete windows xp and data files backup up on a USB hard > drive. > > Where can I find a freeware boot disk to help me in put windows xp and > data files as a recovery to a crashed C: drive? .... Recovering the Windows and data files wouldn't be enough, you also need the registry, Program Files, etc. If you actually backed up your complete C: partition instead of just the Windows and data files, how did you do it? Didn't your backup program offer (probably,. more like strongly recommend) the option of creating an emergency boot CD, and do you recall if you did it (some of us tend to create the thing and then store it away to be forgotten)? Even if you didn't create one, your backup program's manufacturer may let you download (to whatever computer you're asking your question on) the data you need to create an emergency boot CD now. For free. Please tell us more about how you backed up, and just what you backed up.
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