restore kisk

[Oder]

I have bought a notebook that has Windows Vista pre-installed and I have a
recovery disk from Toshiba. But I would like to know if there is a method of
making a restore DVD from the recovery disk that restore ONLY the OS and
necessary drivers. Cam someone help me? Thanks in advance. Oder.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Not as part of Windows.
3rd party programs such as Acronis True Images can do it:
http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/ATICW/

Check your documentation, perhaps Toshiba has a way, but I doubt it.

 

[Michael Jennings]

Toshiba would know that, they might not be willing to help you:
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_navShell.jsp?cf=su_contact.htmlYou could try the Laptop Computing Forum there.Only if your computer is a Qosmio AV notebook, there is a chat line: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_home.jsp"Oder" <[email protected]> wrote in messagehave bought a notebook that has Windows Vista pre-installed and I have arecovery disk from Toshiba. But I would like to know if there is a method ofmaking a restore DVD from the recovery disk that restore ONLY the OS andnecessary drivers. Cam someone help me? Thanks in advance. Oder.

 

[Ian Betts]

Short answer is no because restore disks do not have the full program on
them, that is put onto the hard disk. The recovery disk just runs and
installs the files it needs.

 

[Michael Solomon]

I have bought a notebook that has Windows Vista pre-installed and I have a
recovery disk from Toshiba. But I would like to know if there is a method
of making a restore DVD from the recovery disk that restore ONLY the OS and
necessary drivers. Cam someone help me? Thanks in advance. Oder.

You won't be able to do it from the restore disk. As was mentioned, Toshiba
might be able to help but I doubt it.

Your best hope is to set the system up the way you want it with all
appropriate drivers and settings as you desire as well as with anything you
don't want, uninstalled and then use a third party imaging program such as
Acronis True Image 10 or Norton Ghost, etc. to create an image you can
quickly restore if things go bad.

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Oder

The best strategy here is to get the system setup, exactly like you want,
install all of your software and programs. Once it is set up, get a product
like Acronis True Image and make an image of the disk. TI will create a boot
disk that allows you to recover just about any disaster.

This is the best way, in my opinion, since you can recover with a system
that has everything set up and ready to go.