Re: XP Pro - making a rescue/recovery-cd

From: Yves Leclerc (yleclercNOSPAM_at_maysys.com)
Date: 02/07/05 

Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 14:33:51 -0500

You can take a "disk image" of your system now with a utility like Norton
Ghost. This "disk image" now will become your own Recovery media and can be
"burnt" onto a CD/DVD, along with the DOS Ghost program.

"Inge" <ingen@tingmail.tele.dk> wrote in message
news:4207513b$0$29284$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
> Hi
> I have an Acer Veriton with XP Pro preinstalled. And I have installed
> servicepack 2 from a cd from Microsoft. The computer came without a
> recovery-cd, it has only a "recovery-button" so I can push the button and
> start all over!!
> So far my computer is workin just fine, no problems, (knock-on-wood), but
> I
> would like to know if I could make my "own" cd with XP Pro from files on
> the
> computer? And how to find the product-key or -id? I did not have to
> activate
> my XP, it was done from the manufacturer. I've called Acer to ask for a
> recovery-cd, but they do not supply them, so I have only the
> "recovery-button" if it goes down. There is a hidden part on the harddisk
> that I do not have access to, about 2 GB in size.
> I thought maybe I should buy a cd with XP Pro, just in case, but it's
> quite
> expensive so I haven't.
> Can you tell me what to do?
> Thanks in advance, I hope you understand my dilemma.
>
> Inge
>