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Old May 2nd 11, 06:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Earl H
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Default How do you make ASR restore disk without a floppy drive?


I've read many claims that you can burn a an image of the ASR to CD and fool windows into thinking you have floppy. There are also many freeware virtual floppy drive programs online. My own choice would be to instal a fresh copy of Windows and then run restore using that. I've found many first-hand claims online that this works.

On Wednesday, March 07, 2007 1:05 PM Robert wrote:


Hi,
I have a new XP pro computer without a floppy drive.
How can you make a ASR recovery disk when you only have a CD/DVD-RW drive.
Appreciate any suggestions,



On Wednesday, March 07, 2007 1:17 PM John John wrote:


You need a floppy drive to do ASR restores. Period. Either fit a
floppy drive to the computer or use another restore strategy.

John

Robert wrote:



On Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:42 PM Robert wrote:


Thanks...



On Wednesday, March 07, 2007 7:56 PM John John wrote:


You're welcome.

John

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On Thursday, March 08, 2007 7:38 AM Harry Ohrn wrote:


It requires a floppy drive. This is just one of several reason why the
NTBackup program is a POS. Try a decent third party imaging solution.
Personally I use Acronis TrueImage from www.acronis.com

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


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On Thursday, March 08, 2007 8:30 AM FreeComputerConsultant.com wrote:


I have used a USB floppy before. Pain, but it works.

I prefer Acronis also.

www.FreeComputerConsultant.com

Robert wrote:




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