Creating a recovery partition - like Dell ,HP

[BertieBigBollox]

Is it possible to do this? Need this to roll out to a user with an
easy way to get back to the default installation in case they screw
things up.

I'd like to dual boot the PC but have a partition with a saved ghost
image in. Then if needs be PC could be booted to the partion and the
ghost image restored.

In the past, I've created bootable ghost DVDs which do this, but, in
this case, theres no DVD drive.

Any ideas best way to do it?

I'm guesiing it could be done by dual booting Pc with xp and dos, and
then setting up DOS same as I do for DVD boot?

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console for advanced users:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/EN-US

 

[Mark Adams]

Is it possible to do this? Need this to roll out to a user with an
easy way to get back to the default installation in case they screw
things up.

I'd like to dual boot the PC but have a partition with a saved ghost
image in. Then if needs be PC could be booted to the partion and the
ghost image restored.

In the past, I've created bootable ghost DVDs which do this, but, in
this case, theres no DVD drive.

Any ideas best way to do it?

I'm guesiing it could be done by dual booting Pc with xp and dos, and
then setting up DOS same as I do for DVD boot?
.

I know Acronis true Image can be set up to boot from a flash drive. An
Acronis image of the operating system could be stored on the "recovery"
partition, the machine booted from the flash drive and the image restored to
the C: drive. I suppose if the machine can be set up with a boot manager to
choose which partition boots at startup; you could set up Acronis to boot
from the "recovery" partition and also store the image on that same partition.

This is still not a sound recovery plan because if the hard drive fails, it
takes the recovery with it. Better to keep the recovery image on a USB hard
drive and use Acronis (Ghost, or whatever you use to create the image) on the
flash drive to recover the image.

 

[Mark Adams]

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console for advanced users:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/EN-US

Gee, PA. I don't think Recovery Console can create and restore recovery
images.

 

[Db]

in the past I did create a dual
boot for xp.

the secondary disk was
a virgin windows and used
to work on the main disk
with the initial xp installation.

however, the above was
simply created created by
installing xp with is setup
cd and selecting a secondary
disk.

I think the above would be
the best route to use because
you could save the ghost
on the secondary drive

then use the virgin windows
to initiate the ghost onto
the main drive.

the only thing that I am
not experienced with is
to make the main drive
bootable after you install
the ghost.

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[Mat]

Is it possible to do this? Need this to roll out to a user with an
easy way to get back to the default installation in case they screw
things up.

I'd like to dual boot the PC but have a partition with a saved ghost
image in. Then if needs be PC could be booted to the partion and the
ghost image restored.

In the past, I've created bootable ghost DVDs which do this, but, in
this case, theres no DVD drive.

Any ideas best way to do it?

I'm guesiing it could be done by dual booting Pc with xp and dos, and
then setting up DOS same as I do for DVD boot?

http://www.partition-saving.com/

 

[Oldus Fartus]

Is it possible to do this? Need this to roll out to a user with an
easy way to get back to the default installation in case they screw
things up.

I'd like to dual boot the PC but have a partition with a saved ghost
image in. Then if needs be PC could be booted to the partion and the
ghost image restored.

In the past, I've created bootable ghost DVDs which do this, but, in
this case, theres no DVD drive.

Any ideas best way to do it?

I'm guesiing it could be done by dual booting Pc with xp and dos, and
then setting up DOS same as I do for DVD boot?

I use Acronis True Image for this. Does everything you want, and more!
http://www.acronis.com.au/

 

[Twayne]

In

Is it possible to do this? Need this to roll out to a user
with an easy way to get back to the default installation in
case they screw things up.

I'd like to dual boot the PC but have a partition with a
saved ghost image in. Then if needs be PC could be booted
to the partion and the ghost image restored.

In the past, I've created bootable ghost DVDs which do
this, but, in this case, theres no DVD drive.

Any ideas best way to do it?

I'm guesiing it could be done by dual booting Pc with xp
and dos, and then setting up DOS same as I do for DVD boot?

Not to be facetious, but ... I'd have a fit if you did that to my machine,
especially if you did it covertly. Besides, then you've got a hassle for
updating them should problems be discovered that need fixing.

Why not just send or allow download of, a "recovery" CD that does the same
thing? I doubt I'm the only one who wouldn't allow you to mess with my
partitions; I just wouldn't allow it. But I'd be real happy with a
restoration CD of some kind. But in the end, I'd hope I can just re-image
the drive to get it back. Any reason a re-image would fail? If so, and
there are programs like that, I'd throw another dart at you<g>.

HTH,

Twayne`

 

[Twayne]

In

Is it possible to do this? Need this to roll out to a user
with an easy way to get back to the default installation in
case they screw things up.

I'd like to dual boot the PC but have a partition with a
saved ghost image in. Then if needs be PC could be booted
to the partion and the ghost image restored.

In the past, I've created bootable ghost DVDs which do
this, but, in this case, theres no DVD drive.

Any ideas best way to do it?

I'm guesiing it could be done by dual booting Pc with xp
and dos, and then setting up DOS same as I do for DVD boot?

What about licensing for DOS?

 

[ju.c]

It's all explained here:

Inside the Dell PC Restore Partition
http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/index.htm


ju.c

 

[HeyBub]

Is it possible to do this? Need this to roll out to a user with an
easy way to get back to the default installation in case they screw
things up.

I'd like to dual boot the PC but have a partition with a saved ghost
image in. Then if needs be PC could be booted to the partion and the
ghost image restored.

In the past, I've created bootable ghost DVDs which do this, but, in
this case, theres no DVD drive.

Any ideas best way to do it?

I'm guesiing it could be done by dual booting Pc with xp and dos, and
then setting up DOS same as I do for DVD boot?

You may want to consider Microsoft's free "Steady State" program which
returns a PC to its initial configuration.

"Windows SteadyState allows you to set Windows Disk Protection to remove all
changes upon restart, to remove changes at a certain date and time, or to
not remove changes at all. If you choose to use Windows Disk Protection to
remove changes, any changes made by shared users when they are logged on to
the computer are removed when the computer is restarted."

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...3e9-4b02-bd95-9d770ccdb431#QuickInfoContainer

 

[jb brown]

Creating a recovery partition

This can be done easily with Instant PC Recovery it will create the partition for you and give you an F4 option. It

even allows you to do updates and create emergency DVD's and works with all windows operating systems


instantpcrecovery.com

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