Re: copying the hidden XP recovery partition
- From: "Mary" <non@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 00:51:16 -0400
"John Doe" <jdoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Mary" <non@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"John Doe" <jdoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
"Mary" <non@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...
Somehow I think Matt already has a backup copy of important
files.
Is there any free backup programs that are
simple to use to transfer all information on a hard drive to an
empty hard drive?.
The most important folder is probably My Documents. Not sure
about Vista, but that is the folder of interest in most versions
of Windows. So copy My Documents to some removable media or
another hard drive. There might be other user produced data that
should be copied, so try to identify the location of and copy
that too. I use a partition D called KEEP. That's where I put the
pictures I've taken and edited, lots of configuration files, my
personal documents, and whatever other stuff of value like
purchased software. And that's what I regularly copy to removable
media.
I was thinking also along the lines of what John Doe said in
another message when he said:
"The problem isn't with backup, the problem is having to buy a
copy of Windows XP if his hard drive fails."
And like Matt, I was wondering how you can copy the hidden
Recovery disk information onto another drive.
I was trying to answer the simpler question, that appeared in this
branch.
There are hard drive cloning programs that might work, but I'm not
familiar with OEM operating system recovery methods and good cloning
programs are not free.
I have a copy of Windows XP and a disk manager (currently Disk
Director) that is used to make hidden copies of the Windows
installation. Besides having a separate copy of important files, I
use that hidden copy whenever Windows needs fixing and I'd like to
quickly restore it. But that method requires the user to know where
important files are so he (or she) can copy them before deleting
Windows and putting the good copy in its place. It also requires
Windows and a disk manager.
These are the things I wondered about. I am not going to be doing anything
about it for now till I know exactly what I am doing and right now, I don't.
I was under the impression that if you make Recovery disks when you get the
new computer by copying the image onto CD's or DVD's as in the instructions
that if you have a problem, you can use the Recovery program CDR's/DVD's to
fix the problem. I thought it also could mean that you could install the
Recovery discs as if they were a backup of your whole system. If you don't
make Recovery disks, you would have to find the hidden OS image on your hard
drive and that sounds tricky. Since I first heard about Recovery disks a
couple of years ago, more and more manufacturers do not give you original OS
CD's - just tell you to make CDR's from the hidden partition on the computer
hard drive (in the cases where you buy a ready made computer or laptop). I
guess it saves the manufactuers money.
Good luck.
Thanks but I won't be reckless yet. :)
Mary
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