Re: Automated System Restore Wizard

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On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:53:17 -0800 (PST), PD <pauld1943@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Jan 13, 3:15 pm, hjharv <hjh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"PD" wrote:
On Jan 12, 4:02 pm, hjharv <hjh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there any way to access the Automated System Restore Wizard or similar
program in Windows XP if I don't have the Windows XP Home Edition CD? Any
information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

There is no "Automated System Restore Wizard".

What do you want/need to do.

Thanks for your response. I use an external hard drive to back up my
computer. One of the options offered by the backup function in Windows XP
says the Automated System Recovery (ASR) feature enables users to create a
set of floppy disks that can be used to automate the process of recovering a
failed system.

You need to ABANDON the use of any MS backup/restore options and buy a
third-party program that will allow you to backup your entire system
to an image file on your external drive, to clone your system disk to
another internal disk, and to selectively restore either the entire
system drive from the image, or just restore selected files/
directories.


"Need" is a very strong word. I'm not sure that he *needs* to, but I
think your advice is sound and I second it. It's a much better way to
go, and worth investing a few dollars (or whatever your local is) in.


I've been playing with computers for 17 years now (my first had only
768K of memory and NO hard drive) and the best I've seen is Acronis
True Image.


45 years for me (my first had 4K of memory and no hard drive). And
like you, I recommend Acronis True Image.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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