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I am beginning to gain interest in making homebuilt computers, but I need to know how one would make a recovery CD, like the ones shipped with name brand PCs, to restore the computer to its original state. Any assistance? Thanks!
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How Does One Make A Recovery Cd? for Windows Vista
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 04:11 PM
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 06:54 PM
With a home-built computer you'll have to use a disk cloning utility or a disk imaging utility to make a copy of the disk - it can take up to 4 DVD's to make a full image (depending on what you've installed).
You can also use the Windows Backup and Restore utility in Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate versions.
You can also use the Windows Backup and Restore utility in Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate versions.
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 11:27 PM
I use Acronis. I have MS restore turned off. After my orinal install of vista, both 64 and 32 bit, I activated both and made a raw image of each. I then customised and dittoed. I then installed all my regular software, customised each item and, again imaged the lot. These images are stored safely. If and when I have a problem, I just revert back to whichever image might be appropriate. Laborious? Yes. It took a while but, for the end result (it takes about 25 minutes to rstore the image, including the MBR/Boot sec) and I am back on my desktop again.
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