Re: Can I create a recovery partition for Win XP

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Yes, you can. If you do it like this then I recommend that you
subsequently copy the image file to an independent medium,
to protect yourself against losing the image file in case of the
hard disk going bad.


"Dave" <Dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B65EA7C3-059D-4A08-B73D-412D03D86E50@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks Pegasus, One other question. Can I just have two partitions on
one
> HD and do this? Basically the D: partition would be the recovery
partition.
> Thanks.
>
> Dave
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Dave" <Dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:DE4AD186-F3EF-4E52-B916-E6BBAAD606E3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Hi there,
> > >
> > > I am wondering if I can create a recovery partition for Windows XP
Home, a
> > > la HP and Compaq? So, if I ever want to reload windows from the HD I
can
> > > without using my disk. Can anyone tell me if this is possible or
point me
> > to
> > > a site that can tell me? Thanks.
> > >
> > > Dave
> >
> > Yes, you can. Buy a copy of Acronis TrueImage, a 40 GByte hard
> > disk and a USB case for this disk. After installing TrueImage, let
> > the program create an "Recovery CD".
> >
> > To back up your system drive, do this:
> >
> > 1. Boot the machine with the recovery CD.
> > 2. Back up the system drive to your USB drive (which needs to
> > have a formatted partition of a suitable size).
> >
> > To restore your system, do this:
> >
> > 1. Boot the machine with the recovery CD.
> > 2. Restore the system drive from your USB drive.
> >
> > The process works especially well on machines that use
> > one partition (usually drive C:) for Windows and for all
> > applications, and a second partition (often drive D:) for
> > user data.
> >
> >
> >


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