Recovery CD for XP on a new motherboard

[Guest]

I originally had an eMachines PC with XP installed. When I had my PC set up
for dual monitors, it required changing out the motherboard, which now made
my PC "rogue" and not an eMachines unit. The recovery discs, of course, did
not work. The shop installed XP using a disc in their possession and my
licence number on the back of the PC case, but I'm left without a way to
recover the operating system in the event of a crash. Is there any way to
make a recovery CD or DVD myself, or will Windows send you out a replacement?
I'm looking for any answer that doesn't mean buying a new copy of XP for
$200, which I suspect is going to be the case. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Rob;
No one will send you a replacement.
You have OEM, so Microsoft can not help.
You have a motherboard from a different manufacturer so Emachines can not
help.
If the motherboard was from Emachines, your CD would work.
You will probably spent the money one way or the other, CD or motherboard.

 

[Guest]

I thought as much, thanks for the verification, Jupiter.

 

[Michael Stevens]

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I originally had an eMachines PC with XP installed. When I had my PC
set up for dual monitors, it required changing out the motherboard,
which now made my PC "rogue" and not an eMachines unit. The recovery
discs, of course, did not work. The shop installed XP using a disc
in their possession and my licence number on the back of the PC case,
but I'm left without a way to recover the operating system in the
event of a crash. Is there any way to make a recovery CD or DVD
myself, or will Windows send you out a replacement? I'm looking for
any answer that doesn't mean buying a new copy of XP for $200, which
I suspect is going to be the case. Any help is appreciated.

Image the hard drives and keep an up to date image on external media. You
will be able to restore in the event of a problem.
--
Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
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[Guest]

How do I create an external image of the hard drive?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

How do I create an external image of the hard drive?

Using a Third party tool.

Symantec/Norton Ghost
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/

Acronis True Image
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage

BootItT NG
http://terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html

 

[Anna]

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Image the hard drives and keep an up to date image on external media. You
will be able to restore in the event of a problem.
--
Michael Stevens MS-MVP XP
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Rob:
Just to flesh out Michael's response a bit...

He's referring to a disk imaging program such as Symantec's Norton Ghost or
Acronis True Image (there are others) that, in effect, can "clone" the
contents of your day-to-day working HD to either removable media, e.g.,
DVDs, or to another HD (internal or external). Using a disk imaging program
in this way is a wonderful backup system because for all practical purposes
you have an exact duplicate of your system, including the operating system,
your programs & applications, your created data files - in short, everything
that's on your source HD. Using a disk imaging program in this manner is
relatively simple & straightforward. Give it serious consideration.
Anna

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I originally had an eMachines PC with XP installed. When I had
my PC set up for dual monitors, it required changing out the
motherboard, which now made my PC "rogue" and not an eMachines
unit. The recovery discs, of course, did not work. The shop
installed XP using a disc in their possession and my licence
number on the back of the PC case, but I'm left without a way to
recover the operating system in the event of a crash. Is there
any way to make a recovery CD or DVD myself, or will Windows send
you out a replacement? I'm looking for any answer that doesn't
mean buying a new copy of XP for $200, which I suspect is going
to be the case. Any help is appreciated.

Image the hard drives and keep an up to date image on external
media. You will be able to restore in the event of a problem.

Just to flesh out Michael's response a bit...

He's referring to a disk imaging program such as Symantec's Norton
Ghost or Acronis True Image (there are others) that, in effect, can
"clone" the contents of your day-to-day working HD to either
removable media, e.g., DVDs, or to another HD (internal or
external). Using a disk imaging program in this way is a wonderful
backup system because for all practical purposes you have an exact
duplicate of your system, including the operating system, your
programs & applications, your created data files - in short,
everything that's on your source HD. Using a disk imaging program
in this manner is relatively simple & straightforward. Give it
serious consideration.

ie:

Symantec/Norton Ghost
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/backup_recovery/ghost10/

Acronis True Image
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage

BootItT NG
http://terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html

 

[Guest]

Thanks everyone for all your help; I'm going to go with Symantec's Ghost 10.

 

[Michael Stevens]

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Rob:
Just to flesh out Michael's response a bit...

He's referring to a disk imaging program such as Symantec's Norton
Ghost or Acronis True Image (there are others) that, in effect, can
"clone" the contents of your day-to-day working HD to either
removable media, e.g., DVDs, or to another HD (internal or external).
Using a disk imaging program in this way is a wonderful backup system
because for all practical purposes you have an exact duplicate of
your system, including the operating system, your programs &
applications, your created data files - in short, everything that's
on your source HD. Using a disk imaging program in this manner is
relatively simple & straightforward. Give it serious consideration. Anna

Thanks Anna,
Been away for a couple days.

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