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I have a Dell that was bought with the WinXP HE already installed, is there a way I can backup the WinXP Home Edition to a cd so that I can have a rebootable disc? I don't have the WinXP HE cd or the product key (yes it's a legal copy lol) Any suggestions if I can't back it up to a cd? Thanx!
Look into slipstreaming or imaging a drive!
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I've been using Norton Ghost for years:
... must admit that I prefer the earlier versions ie ver 10 + ver 11 as it allows using boot up DVD's to restore everything.
I tend to use those versions via a created restore partition now as they run @ least 4 times faster than CD/DVD.
Version 12 is OK and allows back-up restore
points which you also restore to useing boot-up disc if you need to.
I'm using 12 on Vista at the moment and am
interested in Vista's new boot-up method
Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
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As of today, Vista's new boot-up method
Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) has not been implemented. EFI has more to do with BIOS (hardware). Read the following two articles.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/930061
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/syste...
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TheDay, you are very wise to think about backing up your system! I agree with Mavis007, use an imaging program like 'Ghost'. They back up a compete partition, so if you have a very large drive it will take a lot of CDs. It might be a good idea to replace your CD drive with a DVD/CD combination drive.
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Ya know, I've tried Norton Ghost many different times, and I could not get it to work. I was trying to ghost my 60 gig drive to a 60 gig partition of a 120 gig drive and haven't had any luck yet. I got it running, but sound didn't work, and video was messed up. I tried to reinstall drivers, but no luck.
Old stuff that still works, somewhat....
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stingerssx:
The only problem I've ever had was when the H\drive had been wiped(encrypt)
... a normal Fdisk n Format sorted that.
Did you use ghost via boot-up method?
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