Re: ASR - XP Pro q
From: SlowJet (SlowJet_at_noTY2this.com)
Date: 10/30/04
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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 19:38:22 GMT
ASR will NOT use a second IDE disk for recovery because the BKF is for
"everything on the computer" and all partitions on all disks are recreated
before the recovery starts.
An external USB disk may work but if it requires a driver to operate, the
driver would need to be on a floppy and installed during the boot of the XP
CD.
However, I have not confirmed if the ARS would include the USB as
"Everything" and reformat it's partitions also.
It seems like a lot of effort to create ARS that only works on a local tape
drive. That would cover less than 1% of all new computers.
The 3rd party MFG use as an excuse for their images and garbage OEM CD's
that the law requires the consumer be able to restore the computer back to
it's operational condition.
I think Microsoft is obligated to do the same. A complete reinstallation is
not a restore of hours of driver updates, program installs, and lost data or
data recovery steps.
The consumer should NOT have to purchase a restore tool, a tape backup unit,
or make images of partitions on DVD's.
The consumer should be able to identify a partitions(s) as excluded front he
restore process and use those as backup / restore sources.
A large hard disk is the most affordable unit for a consumer.
It would not take much effort to make the NTBACKUP program and ARS very
useful for millions of users of PRO as well as HOME users. A new install,
repair, ARS, SP slipstream program units could be make available to download
just like Media play 10 and the units could be combined on a new CD to make
the current NEW XP SP2 work the way it should have worked out of the BOX.
It is a much higher priority than changing Windows Longhorn into a game
console that looks like a toddlers play toy and learning center. We can go
to Toy-R-US and get a Playschool string pulling gizmo anytime, for less
money, that is pre-installed and it doesn't need restoring every quarter.
I'm writing my congressman, governor and Ralf. This backup and long CD
install process is absolutely ridiculous. It can be fixed and ir should be
fixed.
SJ
"Rock" <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Stew Corman wrote:
>
>> Rock <rock@mail.nospam.net> wrote in message
>>>ASR can only use a floppy drive.
>>
>>
>> Confirmed ...bootable CD didn't work
>>
>> Whatever fits on one CD is it. If
>>>you save the backup to CD with Nero, I am not sure if ASR will be able to
>>>read those disks when you try to recover, and it has to read the disks
>>>directly.
>>
>>
>> you are probably correct
>>
>>> and backup to an external hard drive
>>
>>
>> why external? why not a second internal HD?
>> why wouldn't ASR read an second physical HD?
>>
>> OT - is there a way to have a bootable CD or floppy that can bring up
>> non full Windoze , so you can access files on any drive where Windoze
>> won't load, ie safe mode or DOS mode?
>>
>> thanks for your insight,
>> Stew Corman
>
> ASR will read from a second physical hard drive but I recommend the
> backups be stored on external media because it's the safest. The external
> media can be stored offsite if needed. That way if someone steals your
> computer or it burns or some other catastrophe hits, you have a backup. I
> backup to an external USB 2.0 hard drive and copy a backup to DVD once
> week. I store the DVD's off site.
>
> For a bootable CD with many features see Bart's PE Builder:
> http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
>
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