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Creating a System Backup disk?

 
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Creating a System Backup disk?
biggles2008
post 23 Apr, 2008 - 12:42 PM
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I wanted to create a system backup disk and wasnt sure how it was done i own an acer laptop and acer provided eRECOVERY which creats a backup of your system anyway.. its says insert 4 CD's or one DVD disk .. i pu tin my DVD disk and it repeated the question again ... 4 cds etc..

are there any other ways to back it up? I have googled it but none i found where what i needed

OS: Windows XP Home edition

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Well if you are just looking to backup files like programs and word docs and such, u can use CDBurnerXP. Contrary to th name, it burns CDs and DVDs and does a nice job. It is free and I really like it. It is simple to use and IMO is better then roxio and other such things that cost $$
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I've actually used the Acer eRestore and it worked alright for me, I used a DVD-R.
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thanks marko and no ferrari i wanted to back up my OS incase of a system fault
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QUOTE(biggles2008 @ 23 Apr, 2008 - 12:42 PM) *

I wanted to create a system backup disk and wasnt sure how it was done i own an acer laptop and acer provided eRECOVERY which creats a backup of your system anyway.. its says insert 4 CD's or one DVD disk .. i pu tin my DVD disk and it repeated the question again ... 4 cds etc..

are there any other ways to back it up? I have googled it but none i found where what i needed

OS: Windows XP Home edition

Any help will be much apprieciated smile.gif






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QUOTE(Judith_Lynn @ 25 Apr, 2008 - 12:01 AM) *

QUOTE(biggles2008 @ 23 Apr, 2008 - 12:42 PM) *

I wanted to create a system backup disk and wasnt sure how it was done i own an acer laptop and acer provided eRECOVERY which creats a backup of your system anyway.. its says insert 4 CD's or one DVD disk .. i pu tin my DVD disk and it repeated the question again ... 4 cds etc..

are there any other ways to back it up? I have googled it but none i found where what i needed

OS: Windows XP Home edition

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QUOTE(biggles2008 @ 27 Apr, 2008 - 12:55 PM) *

QUOTE(Judith_Lynn @ 25 Apr, 2008 - 12:01 AM) *

QUOTE(biggles2008 @ 23 Apr, 2008 - 12:42 PM) *

I wanted to create a system backup disk and wasnt sure how it was done i own an acer laptop and acer provided eRECOVERY which creats a backup of your system anyway.. its says insert 4 CD's or one DVD disk .. i pu tin my DVD disk and it repeated the question again ... 4 cds etc..

are there any other ways to back it up? I have googled it but none i found where what i needed

OS: Windows XP Home edition

Any help will be much apprieciated smile.gif






http://www.computerhope.com/boot.htm



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