create image wthout 3rd party software

[Guest]

Is it possible to create a restore image for Windows XP home edition SP2
without 3rd party software?

 

[Guest]

Is it possible to create a restore image for Windows XP home edition SP2
without 3rd party software?

Hi,

No, you will need Symantec Ghost, Acronis True Image, Drive Snapshot etc..

Regards Colin.

 

[Guest]

Many thanks Steve and will check it out.

There is nothing native to Windows for this, but there are several free
solutions:

http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml

Steve

 

[D.Currie]

There's no way you're going to get an image of a hard drive on a floppy
disk. Chances are, unless you've got a very lean install, you're not going
to get an image of a hard drive onto a reasonable numbers of CDs, either.
Are you sure you mean you want an image? Are you perhaps just thinking of
boot disks?

 

[Steve N.]

There is a difference between creating an Image and creating a restore
floppy.

I think she meant the native Windows Backup program, which is not
installed in XP Home by default.

Steve