Guest Tester Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Hi there, How should I backup my XP home machine in order to restore the operating system and applications if it crashes? Especially if I have an OEM preinstalled version and no media. Thanks a lot, T
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Re: XP home backup Tester <calinguga@netscape.net> wrote: > Hi there, > How should I backup my XP home machine in order to restore the > operating system and applications if it crashes? My advice: get yourself a good external USB or firewire hard drive and a copy of Acronis TrueImage Home 11....it's imaging software that will back up not only your data, but all your applications and your operating system. It's a pleasure to use. You can order Acronis online & download it - http://www.acronis.com. I'm a huge fan of this for home/standalone machines.... > Especially if I have > an OEM preinstalled version and no media. > Thanks a lot, T If you have no OS reinstallation media or a branded "recovery disk" that will return your computer to it's factory default build, the manufacturer may have given you a hidden recovery partition on your hard drive. That won't help you if your hard drive explodes, however...you might check with them as to how you can create/burn a CD if that's possible. Or perhaps they'll let you order one for a pittance. You really need to have one!
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 28, 2007 Posted September 28, 2007 Re: XP home backup "Tester" <calinguga@netscape.net> wrote in message news:1190984684.538453.76780@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... > Hi there, > How should I backup my XP home machine in order to restore the > operating system and applications if it crashes? Especially if I have > an OEM preinstalled version and no media. > Thanks a lot, T > Use an imaging product such as Acronis TrueImage.
Guest Poprivet Posted September 29, 2007 Posted September 29, 2007 Re: XP home backup Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote: > Tester <calinguga@netscape.net> wrote: >> Hi there, >> How should I backup my XP home machine in order to restore the >> operating system and applications if it crashes? > > My advice: get yourself a good external USB or firewire hard drive > and a copy of Acronis TrueImage Home 11....it's imaging software that > will back up not only your data, but all your applications and your > operating system. It's a pleasure to use. You can order Acronis > online & download it - http://www.acronis.com. I'm a huge fan of this for > home/standalone machines.... >> Especially if I have >> an OEM preinstalled version and no media. >> Thanks a lot, T > > If you have no OS reinstallation media or a branded "recovery disk" > that will return your computer to it's factory default build, the > manufacturer may have given you a hidden recovery partition on your > hard drive. That won't help you if your hard drive explodes, > however...you might check with them as to how you can create/burn a > CD if that's possible. Or perhaps they'll let you order one for a > pittance. You really need to have one! But, a properly created disk image would negate that need; it creates it for you basically. The only real limitation is that the drive it's installed to has to be as big as, or bigger, than the one the image was made for. Make the image, copy it to DVD's, and go about your business. Then define and use a decent backup strategy for the future. You won't be sorry and you'll never spend double-digit hours getting your machine to work again. Pop`
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted September 29, 2007 Posted September 29, 2007 Re: XP home backup Poprivet <poprivet@devnull.spamcop.net> wrote: > Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote: >> Tester <calinguga@netscape.net> wrote: >>> Hi there, >>> How should I backup my XP home machine in order to restore the >>> operating system and applications if it crashes? >> >> My advice: get yourself a good external USB or firewire hard drive >> and a copy of Acronis TrueImage Home 11....it's imaging software that >> will back up not only your data, but all your applications and your >> operating system. It's a pleasure to use. You can order Acronis >> online & download it - http://www.acronis.com. I'm a huge fan of this for >> home/standalone machines.... >>> Especially if I have >>> an OEM preinstalled version and no media. >>> Thanks a lot, T >> >> If you have no OS reinstallation media or a branded "recovery disk" >> that will return your computer to it's factory default build, the >> manufacturer may have given you a hidden recovery partition on your >> hard drive. That won't help you if your hard drive explodes, >> however...you might check with them as to how you can create/burn a >> CD if that's possible. Or perhaps they'll let you order one for a >> pittance. You really need to have one! > > But, a properly created disk image would negate that need; it creates > it for you basically. The only real limitation is that the drive > it's installed to has to be as big as, or bigger, than the one the > image was made for. Make the image, copy it to DVD's, and go about > your business. Then define and use a decent backup strategy for the > future. You won't be > sorry and you'll never spend double-digit hours getting your machine > to work again. > > Pop` I still want my installation media, in addition to my own image backups. That's just my preference.
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