Automated System Recovery w/o a floppy?

[Chris]

Hello All!

I've got a Dell 8600 laptop with no floppy drive. However, I _do_ have a
USB flash disk. Is there any way to get the ASR utility to write the
backup information to the USB disk instead of a floppy drive?

I've got to say that in this day it's kinda weird that MS hasn't developed
something other than a floppy based recovery system, given that more and
more systems are shipping w/o floppy drives.

Anyway, if anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

Chris
"I'm gonna get me a egg."

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

I've got a Dell 8600 laptop with no floppy drive. However, I _do_ have a
USB flash disk. Is there any way to get the ASR utility to write the
backup information to the USB disk instead of a floppy drive?

No. This is a very basic feature and not customizeable. You could try
to find some third-party software that does what you want.

 

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

I've got a Dell 8600 laptop with no floppy drive. However, I _do_ have a
USB flash disk. Is there any way to get the ASR utility to write the
backup information to the USB disk instead of a floppy drive?

I've got to say that in this day it's kinda weird that MS hasn't developed
something other than a floppy based recovery system, given that more and
more systems are shipping w/o floppy drives.

It won't do you any good to have ASR on the USB drive if your system
can't boot from a USB drive. CDs are still best for booting.