In using the Windows ASR Prep backup, the generation of a floppy disk with
the system setting aborts although the file backup procedure seems to go ok.
My system is a 9 month old Dell 9150 with 1GB Ram running XP home.
I have no idea why I can't make the recovery disks as well. Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated

CinciDave

In news:096670CF-1EDA-4251-B04D-A70CA20F4ACE@microsoft.com,
CinciDave <CinciDave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> In using the Windows ASR Prep backup, the generation of a
> floppy disk
> with the system setting aborts although the file backup
> procedure
> seems to go ok. My system is a 9 month old Dell 9150 with 1GB
> Ram
> running XP home.
> I have no idea why I can't make the recovery disks as well.
> Any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated
>
> CinciDave

That's because Automated System Recovery is not supported in XP
Home Edition. That's part of the reason why the Backup program
isn't installed by default on an XP HE computer.

An Error Message Is Displayed When You Attempt to Use the
Automated System Recovery Wizard
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302700/EN-US/

If you want to create a backup of your entire system you might
want to look into an imaging program such as Acronis True Image
or Norton Ghost.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

"CinciDave" <CinciDave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> In using the Windows ASR Prep backup, the generation of a floppy disk with
> the system setting aborts although the file backup procedure seems to go
> ok.
> My system is a 9 month old Dell 9150 with 1GB Ram running XP home.
> I have no idea why I can't make the recovery disks as well. Any
> suggestions
> would be greatly appreciated

It's easy to recreate the ASR floppy. Just copy two files to it from the
backup file created by ntbackup. See this article.
How To Re-Create a Missing Automated System Recovery Floppy Disk in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299526/en-us

I had one system which at first created the ASR floppy just fine, and then
one day it wouldn't and didn't after that. I never figured out a fix for
it.

I found the ASR recovery process to be cumbersome, and not reliable. Years
ago I changed to a drive imaging program, currently that's Acronis True
Image Home, version 10, to image the drives to an external hard drive
connected by USB. It's fast and reliable, and recovery can be done on a
file, partition or drive basis.

There is no point in buying one of the pre-assembled external drives either.
It's much less cost to buy an EIDE hard drive in a white box kit, and an
external drive enclosure. Assembly is easy. You can get a 320 GB WD drive
for under $90. Enclosures are in the $20 area.

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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]