Making a cd rescue disk for xp

[vhawk]

is it possile to make a recovery/rescue disk on a cd or cds for xp- i can't cope with lots of floppies?

 

[Nodsu]

What exactly do you want to recover or rescue???

In general, yes you can.

 

[vhawk]

the operating system in case of something going wrong, or am i being unduly pessimistic?

 

[Nodsu]

Virtually all backup programs can write to CDs. If you want to restore the whole system, then you are probably interested in disk imaging.

 

[vhawk]

nope - had a guy image my hd once and it was no good once restored


i've lost my xp disk and want something to boot from just in case

 

[fastco]

Download and burn a BartPE disk...Great tool for booting and recovering a screwed up Windows PC. http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

 

[vhawk]

ah but does it work?

 

[Nodsu]

Uhm.. No, the website and the community are there only to provide totally broken software http://www.ubcd4win.com is a userfriendlier version.

The same goes for the disk imaging software. The fact that "a guy" screwed it up once is not enough to declare several successful and widely acclaimed software packages as "not working".

 

[vhawk]

i do know xp can be rescued with lots of floppies but a simple cd would be handy and logically should be able to do the same job should it not?