ASR to change hard drives

[nt8jbwu02]

I have a windows xp pro sp2 laptop with a failing drive. I would like
to use ASR to backup the
current drive to a USB harddrive, replace the hard drive, and then
restore from the USB drive
back to the new disk.

I have not been able to find a microsoft kb arcticle on this but I feel
confident that there must be
one. Anyone have a link?

One question: since i have SP2, (my original disk are not sp2) when I
complete the above procedure, will I have SP2 again?

Thanks.

 

[Harry Ohrn MS MVP]

I would not use ASR for this purpose. In my opinion it is a POS. You would
do much better to look at getting a third party app. Many hard drive
manufacture's have free drive copy programs available for download. Or you
might want to try DrvClonerXP which is freeware from here
http://www.freeware.org.uk/disk.htm

 

[nt8jbwu02]

I would not use ASR for this purpose. In my opinion it is a POS. You would
do much better to look at getting a third party app. Many hard drive
manufacture's have free drive copy programs available for download. Or you
might want to try DrvClonerXP which is freeware from here
http://www.freeware.org.uk/disk.htm

Harry,

Thanks for the info. However, I am interested in ASR at this time.

I can make a backup and floppy disk files with the backup utility but
am unsure where in the
installation process I tell it that I want to restore from a previous
backup. Can anyone point
me to a link explaining this portion?

Thanks.

 

[Harry Ohrn MS MVP]

Harry,

Thanks for the info. However, I am interested in ASR at this time.

I can make a backup and floppy disk files with the backup utility but
am unsure where in the
installation process I tell it that I want to restore from a previous
backup. Can anyone point
me to a link explaining this portion?

Thanks.

Ok fair enough. Purchase a second hard drive or tape drive and direct the
ASR to back up to it. then pray it will work when you need it.