How to create a bootable a recovery disk ?

Question

One of my friends bought a computer and when hi first started it there was a software wich asked him to insert a blank dvd into the drive, once hi did it, that software created a bootable recovery disk for all the configuration of the Windows XP including Ms Office and thirdy part softwares. I would like to do it too on my computer but i don't have the software to do it and his computer don't have this software to create the disk again otherwise i could just copy it.

Answer 1

get a copy of norton ghost

Answer 2

First, the recovery disk for his computer will not likely work on yours. The manufacturers have a means to determine which system it was made on, and it may not work on other systems.

If you purchased your computer from a reputable manufacturer, they may be able to send you a recovery disk. HP, Compaq, Dell and many others will do this. Some computers have a separate partition which is used for recovery. Yours may be one of these.

If you can't find it, check with the manufacturer and see if they can provide a disk.

An important thing to remember is that a program which creates a recovery disk has to have a disk image somewhere on the computer, and this takes up a good deal of space.

Answer 3

click on start button > help and support > search for bootable recovery disk. it will tell you how to do everything in there.

the help pages aren't there for decoration.

Answer 4

start the computer and before it loads do the setup and copy the partition onto removable drive and load it onto new comp ... or just take out the hard drive and pop it into the new comp or if you know how {i do} install the drive so you have two hard drives

Answer 5

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