Guest LNork Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 I am in the process of reinstalling my OS. While backing up all my files onto an external hard drive, XP asks me to insert a floppy disk so that it can create a boot disk. I do not have a floppy drive for my laptop (who does these days?). How can I change the settings to use a cd, or a flash drive? Thank you for your help!
Guest John John Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: Change boot options Use a different back up method. An ASR backup is not really what you want here, just use the Backup Wizard (instead of the Autamated System Recovery Wizard) and backup the files that you want to keep. John LNork wrote: > I am in the process of reinstalling my OS. While backing up all my files onto > an external hard drive, XP asks me to insert a floppy disk so that it can > create a boot disk. I do not have a floppy drive for my laptop (who does > these days?). How can I change the settings to use a cd, or a flash drive? > > > Thank you for your help!
Guest Gary S. Terhune Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: Change boot options Don't use Backup. Just copy the files you want to save to the external hard drive. Or copy ALL of the files, then sort it out later. You're not going to want to restore a full backup to your fresh new system, anyway. -- Gary S. Terhune MS-MVP Shell/User http://www.grystmill.com "LNork" <LNork@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FD1A6723-1967-4BB0-BDE5-E88F824B4250@microsoft.com... >I am in the process of reinstalling my OS. While backing up all my files >onto > an external hard drive, XP asks me to insert a floppy disk so that it can > create a boot disk. I do not have a floppy drive for my laptop (who does > these days?). How can I change the settings to use a cd, or a flash drive? > > > Thank you for your help!
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted August 8, 2007 Posted August 8, 2007 Re: Change boot options "LNork" <LNork@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FD1A6723-1967-4BB0-BDE5-E88F824B4250@microsoft.com... >I am in the process of reinstalling my OS. While backing up all my files >onto > an external hard drive, XP asks me to insert a floppy disk so that it can > create a boot disk. I do not have a floppy drive for my laptop (who does > these days?). How can I change the settings to use a cd, or a flash drive? > > > Thank you for your help! You're using Windows ntBackup with ASR, and it *requires* a floppy disk. There are no settings to change, it's a requirement. You can attach a USB floppy, or use another backup app that does not require a floppy. Also, in this context, you're backing up way more than you need to, and recovery with ASR probably REALLY isn't what you want to do. There are many better choices and better ways to do this. Copy the files manually, use the Acronis TrueImage trial, etc. HTH -pk
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