Re: Automated System Restore Wizard

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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:08:39 -0700, "Bill in Co."
<not_really_here@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

And if I'm not mistaken, you can even backup and restore your system on the
same hard drive (image info being saved in its own special partition), in
case you mess up something with some program installations and want to
revert back again to a cleaner system. Right?


The image doesn't have to be stored in "its own special partition," it
can be anyplace at all, including another drive entirely.

In fact, I strongly recommend *against* saving an image on the same
drive, whether in its own partition or not, since it leaves you
susceptible to simultaneous loss of the original and backup to many of
the most common dangers: severe power glitches, nearby lightning
strikes, virus attacks, even theft of the computer.

Such a technique is better than no backup at all, but just barely.



I don't think Norton
can do that.


I don't know whether or not it can, but in my view it doesn't matter,
since that's something you should definitely *not* want to do.




Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:47:01 -0800, hjharv
<hjharv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

PD and Ken Blake, MVP

Thank you both for your help. I'll go along with you trusted vets and
check
out Acronis True Image. Thanks once again.


You're welcome. Glad to help.




"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

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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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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