hi all. please can you help. i would like to make a back up cd of my computer so when it does carsh i just put the cd in, instaed of re-istalling windows again. never done a xp restore before. ash
You want a restore disk,OR a recovery disk,Since I am always changing stuff around, I just use a XP setup disk,But I backup all my programs and folders and drivers to CD-R..
You will need some software such as Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image. These make a whole backup of your hard drive, but if you have loads of files, it will take up many CD's! What I do is have an XP install disk made with nLite, and a folder called Progams on the disk which has all the setup stuff I need. A batch file runs through an installs all the ones it can automatically, and then starts the ones I have to install manually.
