Re: Automated System Recovery

As OS is from OEM, don't have a CD, trying to build one. Tried to use
Seagate Sea Tools to do a bit for bit copy from one drive to another, checked
properties of copy, Disk Full, apparently not a bit for bit copy. Did not
pursue, tried MS backup, doesn't seem very promising as I will have to get a
3rd hard drive in case of disk crash. Will probably go back to Sea Tools to
figure that one out. Thanks.

What is an MVP?

"Richard Urban [MVP]" wrote:

> I have used ASR successfully by booting from the Windows XP CD and
> recovering from there. You need the CD anyway as part of the process. I have
> never performed an ASR recovery from the 6 floppy set so I do not know about
> that. Sorry.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from: George Ankner
> "If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>
> "lotsagray" <lotsagray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:5C902B70-4324-478E-943E-96609F0E6D09@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Used ASR to back all files to another hard drive and got the floppy at the
> > end. On another computer loaded 1st of 6 boot floppy's, after loaded, F2 ,
> > loaded ASR floppy, then it asked for the remaining 5 floppy's. After they
> > loaded, asked for the Win XP CD-ROM. Got message "Not an XP CD_ROM." OK,
> > so
> > now, how does ASR work.
> >
> > "Richard Urban [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> That is not how ASR works.
> >>
> >> See here. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;818903
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Richard Urban
> >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> >>
> >> Quote from: George Ankner
> >> "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> >> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
> >>
> >> "lotsagray" <lotsagray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:BBCB169D-2AEE-4703-9B84-3B915FCE200A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Have OEM XP Pro. Copied i386 to CD-ROM. How do you get ASR disk to
> >> > recognize
> >> > CD-ROM when using 6 boot up disks.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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