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I have got Windows Vista Home Premium on my Toshiba laptop, which I bought about a year ago. I then created 2 recovery discs using Toshiba Recovery Disc Creator.
One of my friends has got a Windows 7 DVD with multiuser licence (or so) which I wish ...
Started by Wbdvlpr on
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Alternatively check with them if there is a Windows 7 compliant Recovery Disc CreatorShort answer - if you upgrade....
New recovery discs if you provide proof of purchase for Windows 7 and it is supported on your particular model.
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Hi-- I am just getting started with Windows Server 2003, and I am learning the Backup utility. I am creating a complete backup of my server to an external hard drive, and Backup says it will create a recovery floppy for me to use if I need to restore....
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Windows requires it to be a floppy.
I hate to say it, but I am pretty sure that you can't .
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How to alter Master Boot Record from Windows XP Recovery Console so that it points at an extended Linux partition instead of a NTFS one it is pointing at now?
My MBR used to point at extended partition and every time I powered on a Linux loader started...
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That aside, for a Linux/Windows dual boot situation, I recommend using GRUB in place of the standard Windows....
The Windows Bootloader configuration is stored in C:\boot.ini.
The MBR simply contains executable code to start the bootloader .
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I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium RTM (64-bit) and I want to take advantage of the system recovery tools (eg the Command Prompt) without using the Windows 7 DVD. My understanding is that this environment (WinRE) should be installed to your HDD by default...
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Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at superuser):
Http://blogs.msdn.com.
Does your computer have that 100MB partition?
Check here.
When you install Windows 7 on a blank drive, it creates a 100MB partition where it installs the recovery application.
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Whenever I use my Windows XP SP2 installation CD that came with my Dell computer to use the recovery console, I have a problem.
I understand that it's a bad idea to remove the CD while the recovery console is in use, because recovery console needs access...
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recovery-console-to-boot-menu.html.
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I have two physical disks in a computer, for simlicity lets call them C and D. C: got Windows XP and D: got some data.
The problem is that whenever i have D: connected i can't boot windows. I get some BSOD called 0x 24/NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM. Same thing if ...
Started by Kalle on
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It sounds to me like you, at one point, installed Windows on the second drive and some system files are still
In the center window select your....
This, you should be able to boot Windows just fine and have the second drive as backup.
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I have a Packard Bell Dot M netbook with two partitions: one with 140 GB containing Windows XP, one with 8 GB containing system recovery data.
I want to split the Windows partition in order to install Fedora on my computer alongside Windows; the Fedora...
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Also, even after defragmenting, some Windows files the one provided by Dell , do....
And no, you the Windows boot partition might disable the boot.
Yes, no problem with recovery as long as the new partition is after the old partition.
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My computer is configured with two sata HDDs. The primary one crashed the other day and now I am trying to recover the data that is on it.
I've plugged the faulty HDD into a machine where the primary HDD is running Windows 7 with the hopes of being able...
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I work for a small school that has two Windows 2003 servers. I'm trying to get a grip on cost-effective strategies to handle the failure of one or both servers. I come from a UNIX background, so I understand the various strategies and trade-offs I might...
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It comes with client software for Windows, OS X, and Linux, and has, but on Windows you'd be using the Cygwin rsync and this tends to hang when syncing folders with a lot.
That it's been needed.
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I have windows XP and windows 7. I want to create a recovery partition with a custom back up image on my hard disk. I know that Acronis can be used to create one but I want to do it using freeware. Any idea?
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You could install a lightweight Linux onto a small partition, and use dd to copy the Windows 7/5474715/selfimage-creates-backups-of-in+use-and-non+windows-disks
I use a tool called drive XML (free.
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