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Sandi

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Aug 14, 2002, 6:27:40 PM8/14/02
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When I was trying to find out how to backup my files with Windows Xp I
found this note.

"NOTE: If you use Backup in Windows XP Home Edition, Automated System
Recovery (ASR) is not a supported feature. You can use the current
version of Windows XP Home Edition to start the configuration process
for ASR, but you cannot complete the process."

Does this mean that if I install the "backup" feature from the CD that
my System Recovery Feature will no longer work???

I need to know this before I install "backup". Can anyone help me?

Sandi

none

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Aug 14, 2002, 6:43:01 PM8/14/02
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ASR does not function and is not supported on Windows XP Home Edition:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q302700

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Kadaitcha Man

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Aug 14, 2002, 7:02:12 PM8/14/02
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"Sandi" <qpac...@telus.net> wrote in message
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What the note means is that you have a backup utility that you can use to
backup, but you cannot use the utility's Automated System Recovery feature.
ASR IS NOT the same as the System Restore feature. It is a sophisticated
utility used to recover from ugly and often catastrophic failures.

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Kadaitcha Man

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Aug 14, 2002, 7:04:42 PM8/14/02
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> ASR does not function and is not supported on Windows XP Home Edition:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q302700

Hey, dumbfuck... you could have at least told him that ASR is not the same
as system recovery in XP HE.

Harry Ohrn

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Aug 14, 2002, 7:39:15 PM8/14/02
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ASR is highly over-rated and doesn't work on XP Home anyway. You will do
better with third party imaging software like Drive Image 2002. If the price
is prohibitive a nice little third party app called Image works well. You
can copy the file to a floppy that has CD-Rom support and it will enable you
burn directly to CD from DOS spanning disks as it goes (yes it will
recognize and burn an NTFS partition). You can even read and restore
individual files and folders from the image with a free viewer. IMO Drive
Image is the best app to use though
www.powerquest.com

Image http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/image.html
TBView http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/utilities.html
if you need a Windows floppy with CD-Rom support to copy Image to
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/tools/IMAGEBT.exe
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Harry Ohrn
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none

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Aug 14, 2002, 8:13:06 PM8/14/02
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LOL Do you make out with your mother with that mouth?

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