I need to know how to make back up floppy disk for Window's
Preinstalled Home Edition. Also, Do I need these floppy disk incase my
system crashes and I can't boot to the hard drive where it is
pre-installed? Thank You very much for any help you can give me, it is
greatly appreciated.  Deb1127

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Request for Question Clarification by tisme-ga on 07 Jun 2003 20:54 PDT

Do you realize this would need hundreds of floppy disks? 

tisme-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by livioflores-ga on 07 Jun 2003 21:36 PDT

Are you asking about the boot disks? There are 6. 
To do a back up I recommend the use of CR-r or CD-rw.

"Do you realize this would need hundreds of floppy disks?"

Furthermore, lose one or damage any of the backup floppies, the whole
bunch would practically be useless.

-Feilong

You should have gotten a copy of Windows XP Home on a CD when you
bought your computer. If you don't have one there's no way that I'm
aware of that you can make a backup copy.

The good news is that, if you do have the CD, you don't need a floppy
disk in case your system crashes. Windows XP is able to recognize and
boot directly from the CD.

Come on Deb. Just admit it. You're trying to "get" a copy of Windows xp for
free ....arn't you! (???). You wouldn't be the first one to  try.

Hello roger888,

I don't think we should jump to conclusions too quickly about such
things. Indeed the fact that they have a preinstalled home edition of
Windows XP makes me confident that they also obtained a valid license
with their new computer. They are probably missing the cd-rom that
came with it (or perhaps it was a second hand pc) and are simply
planning ahead.

tisme-ga

If you have the registration key for XP, the simplest thing would just
be to borrow another copy of XP Home from someone and install it with
with your registration key. It's perfectly legal and probably the
easiest solution (assuming you have a friend who has a copy of XP as
well).

Getting a "free" version of XP is next to impossible since you have to
get a confirmation of your registration key from Microsoft before they
allow you to finish your installation. So even if you had a copy of XP
it would be useless with a valid registration key.

Atually it's suprisingly easy... - the hardest part should be getting
enough floppys.

1) Open "my computer" and RIGHT click on the drive with XP on it (most
likely C: if XP is the only thing you have on it)

2) Click on the "Tools" tab

3) Click the "Back Up Now Button"

4) Click on the link to "Advanced Mode"

5) Click "Automated System Recovery Wizard" icon/button

6) Start Clicking next untill you get to Finished

7) Add a formated floppy (FYI: right click on floppy drive and choose
format)

8) Click Finished

9) Add more disks as nessary.

10) The final disk it makes should be a bootable floopy that should
allow you boot into safe mode and acces the restore program in the
event of an emergency  (not reccomended if you have the XP install
CD).

Note - these are all better options if you have the install CD:
In the event of an emergency try the actuall XP installation disc
first - use the recovery councle
-  If that doesn't work - reinstall windows (don't choose fresh
install).
-  Finally if for some reason there was a problem with some file that
was left on your harddrive - resintall XP with a fesh install then use
the disks you made to recover.

(no wonder I'm un-employed as a bio-chemist)