Guest Charles W Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 I have a Dell Dimension. The WinXP "Recovery Disk" for this computer is on the same disk as the working WinXP but at a different partition. If the Hard Disk crashes, I have no way to reinstall the WinXP back to a new Hard Disk. My question is Is there a way to copy the "Recovery Disk" from its partition to an external CD and make this CD bootable so that should anything happen to the existing Hard Disk, I can reinstall the WinXP from the CD back to a new Hard Disk? If possible, I would like to use whatever tools there are in the WinXP. I don't want to have to buy some fancy third party programs. Thanks in advance Charles.
Guest sgopus Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 RE: Copy the Recovery partition Regardless of your wants, your best bet is to use Acronis True Image and Image the entire drive, recovery partition and system partition. "Charles W" wrote: > I have a Dell Dimension. The WinXP "Recovery Disk" for this computer is on > the same disk as the working WinXP but at a different partition. > > If the Hard Disk crashes, I have no way to reinstall the WinXP back to a new > Hard Disk. > > My question is > > Is there a way to copy the "Recovery Disk" from its partition to an external > CD and make this CD bootable so that should anything happen to the existing > Hard Disk, I can reinstall the WinXP from the CD back to a new Hard Disk? > > If possible, I would like to use whatever tools there are in the WinXP. I > don't want to have to buy some fancy third party programs. > > Thanks in advance > > Charles.
Guest Rob Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 RE: Copy the Recovery partition =?Utf-8?B?c2dvcHVz?= <sgopus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in news:F43A2FD1-6B1D-4342-BA51-8DBFD9E192D4@microsoft.com: > Regardless of your wants, your best bet is to use Acronis True Image > and Image the entire drive, recovery partition and system partition. > > "Charles W" wrote: > >> I have a Dell Dimension. The WinXP "Recovery Disk" for this computer >> is on the same disk as the working WinXP but at a different >> partition. >> >> If the Hard Disk crashes, I have no way to reinstall the WinXP back >> to a new Hard Disk. >> >> My question is >> >> Is there a way to copy the "Recovery Disk" from its partition to an >> external CD and make this CD bootable so that should anything happen >> to the existing Hard Disk, I can reinstall the WinXP from the CD back >> to a new Hard Disk? >> >> If possible, I would like to use whatever tools there are in the >> WinXP. I don't want to have to buy some fancy third party programs. >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Charles. > There is a free drive image package: http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
Guest Anteaus Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 RE: Copy the Recovery partition Agree. Recovery partitions do not always work, plus they may reinstall the original promotional-junk along with the OS. An image that you can verify is a better bet. - "sgopus" wrote: > Regardless of your wants, your best bet is to use Acronis True Image and > Image the entire drive, recovery partition and system partition. >
Guest Bill Sharpe Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Copy the Recovery partition Charles W wrote: > I have a Dell Dimension. The WinXP "Recovery Disk" for this computer is on > the same disk as the working WinXP but at a different partition. > > If the Hard Disk crashes, I have no way to reinstall the WinXP back to a new > Hard Disk. > > My question is > > Is there a way to copy the "Recovery Disk" from its partition to an external > CD and make this CD bootable so that should anything happen to the existing > Hard Disk, I can reinstall the WinXP from the CD back to a new Hard Disk? > > If possible, I would like to use whatever tools there are in the WinXP. I > don't want to have to buy some fancy third party programs. > > Thanks in advance > > Charles. I know HP allows you to create recovery disks and delete the recovery partition. Does Dell have a similar arrangement? Check your documentation. This puts your computer back into its factory-shipped configuration. Generally that's not quite what you want. I'd agree with the Acronis True Image suggestion, even if it costs a few bucks. Bill
Guest ju.c Posted August 29, 2008 Posted August 29, 2008 Re: Copy the Recovery partition Yes. You need to unhide the 'DellRestore' partition. Then Windows will see it and you can copy it to a DVD. To make the DVD bootable requires some custom work. I'd love to make the image for you, give me a week or two. I'm busy. Maybe sooner. ju.c "Charles W" <CharlesW@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:196ED31F-AE1D-4BD4-967C-B2EBB7EF17C2@microsoft.com... > I have a Dell Dimension. The WinXP "Recovery Disk" for this computer is on > the same disk as the working WinXP but at a different partition. > > If the Hard Disk crashes, I have no way to reinstall the WinXP back to a new > Hard Disk. > > My question is > > Is there a way to copy the "Recovery Disk" from its partition to an external > CD and make this CD bootable so that should anything happen to the existing > Hard Disk, I can reinstall the WinXP from the CD back to a new Hard Disk? > > If possible, I would like to use whatever tools there are in the WinXP. I > don't want to have to buy some fancy third party programs. > > Thanks in advance > > Charles.
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