Can I create ASR backup on the USB stick and then use it whenever the system has crashed?

[smith]

Microsoft tells us to creat ASR on the floopy disk. Can I creat it on the
USB flash drive?

 

[Richard Urban]

The backup program does not allow you to redirect the ASR file to anywhere
else. It says floppy - use a floppy. Remember, 5 years ago when XP was new,
USB thumb drives didn't exist and all computers had floppy drives.

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Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Microsoft tells us to creat ASR on the floopy disk. Can I create it

The backup program does not allow you to redirect the ASR file to
anywhere else. It says floppy - use a floppy. Remember, 5 years ago
when XP was new, USB thumb drives didn't exist and all computers
had floppy drives.

Thumb drives existed.
They were just MUCH smaller in capacity (8MB to maybe 64MB?) and they cost
more than most sane people would spend on it. ;-)

In other words - were not common, so Microsoft just left the standard floppy
drive in the equation. Then two years later everyone started asking,
"Aren't floppy disk drives obsolete by now?" *grin*

 

[Rock]

Microsoft tells us to creat ASR on the floopy disk. Can I creat it on the
USB flash drive?

No, it can only use a floppy.