system restore / recovery disks

Hello,

I know (I think) what system restore points are. Happily I have never had to
use them.

I cannot seem to be able to create recovery disks (ie cd-roms) as I could on
my last system, (or DOS-Startup disks) for use in a complete system crash?

Can anyone help & advise pls ?

Thanks

K

Hi,

You're speaking of three different things.

System Restore points are housed on the volume(s) that they cover, they can
only be used by the SR software and you cannot use them to create Recovery
Disks. SR is meant to revert the system to a previous configuration when
there is a relatively new problem.

Recovery Disks are generally supplied by the system manufacturer, however
most don't do this as part of the purchase. Instead they create a recovery
volume that is accessed by an "F" key during boot up. Some manufacturers,
like HP, allow for the one-time creation of your own set of disks, otherwise
you have to specifically request them. Use of these disks returns a system
to factory state, and all data currently on the system is lost.

A startup disk was something used with Win9x systems that contained a bit of
boot code that allowed you to access the system from a DOS prompt. Modern
Windows systems do not have an underlying DOS layer that can be accessed by
a boot disk. The closest you can come is the use of the Recovery Console
which is accessed by booting the installation disk (retail version). This is
used to work on a system from the command line when you cannot access the
graphical interface to affect repairs.

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"KRK" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello,
>
> I know (I think) what system restore points are. Happily I have never had
> to use them.
>
> I cannot seem to be able to create recovery disks (ie cd-roms) as I could
> on my last system, (or DOS-Startup disks) for use in a complete system
> crash?
>
> Can anyone help & advise pls ?
>
> Thanks
>
> K
>
>

If you happen to have an HP, type REC into the Start/search field. Tha
should bring up something like "Recovery disk creation". That is th
wizard to do what you want to do. You'll need 2 DVD R's. It may als
work with other make PCs, but I never tried it there

--
whs

"whs" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> If you happen to have an HP, type REC into the Start/search field. That
> should bring up something like "Recovery disk creation". That is the
> wizard to do what you want to do. You'll need 2 DVD R's. It may also
> work with other make PCs, but I never tried it there.
>
>
> --
> whs

Three DVDs were required for a DV9000 I did recently..

--

Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

"KRK" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello,
>
> I know (I think) what system restore points are. Happily I have never had
> to use them.
>
> I cannot seem to be able to create recovery disks (ie cd-roms) as I could
> on my last system, (or DOS-Startup disks) for use in a complete system
> crash?
>
> Can anyone help & advise pls ?
>
> Thanks
>
> K
>
>

Depending on the make, you may not be given the option to do this. Contact
the manufacturer and ask if they can supply the disks for your make and
model..

--

Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experience
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

Mike Hall - MVP;1113792 Wrote:
> "KRK" <trebor@xxxxxx> wrote in messag
> news:ergVYRmHKHA.1252@xxxxxx> > >
> > > Hello
> >
> > > I know (I think) what system restore points are. Happily I have neve
> > ha
> > > to use them
> >
> > > I cannot seem to be able to create recovery disks (ie cd-roms) as
> > coul
> > > on my last system, (or DOS-Startup disks) for use in a complet
> > syste
> > > crash
> >
> > > Can anyone help & advise pls
> >
> > > Thank
> >
> > >
> >
> > > > >
>
> Depending on the make, you may not be given the option to do this
> Contac
> the manufacturer and ask if they can supply the disks for your mak
> an
> model.
>
> -
>
> Mike Hall - MVP Windows Experienc
> 'Mike's Window - MSMVPS.COM' (http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/

My understanding was that you either get the option to burn your ow
disk from the recovery partition (e.g. HP or Gateway), or th
manufacturer supplies the disk with the system (e.g. Dell). But the
also supply a disk for a S&H fee in case the burning does not work fo
whatever reason. You just have to put your foot down

--
whs

Thanks all, this has helped to clear up my confusion

KK

"KRK" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hello,
>
> I know (I think) what system restore points are. Happily I have never had
> to use them.
>
> I cannot seem to be able to create recovery disks (ie cd-roms) as I could
> on my last system, (or DOS-Startup disks) for use in a complete system
> crash?
>
> Can anyone help & advise pls ?
>
> Thanks
>
> K
>
>