Windows XP has replaced the NT4/2000 Repair Disk with the
ASR: Automated System Recovery Wizard.
The ASR process allows to restore the system disk ( C: -drive) including the Windows files,
all Registry settings and all user programs / data, allowing to recover a completely crashed system.Note :
This procedure requires the possibility to boot the Windows XP Professional Setup-program from the
installation CD-ROM.
If your system has been delivered with a Recovery CD, this option may not be available for you.Note :
The ASR process is only available for Windows XP Professional.
The "Backup" program, required for the ASR process, is missing in Windows XP Home Edition,
it is not listed in the Windows menu as a "System Tool" :
and even if it is installed from the VALUEADD folder, it does not allow to generate the ASR files.
To create the ASR Floppy Disk and the ASR backup-file, use "Backup "
(part of Acessories / System Tools ) :
On the tab: Welcome, select "Automated System Recovery Wizard" :
The Wizard will start, display first a Welcome screen, advising that a Backup and the ASR disk
will be created :
Just continue with "Next"
You will be prompted for
the location of a Backup-file.
It will become a file of approx.
1-2 GBytes, so do NOT use
the default on A:, but change
it to a disk-location :
NOTE: It can NOT be on the
C:-drive, because as part of
the recovery process, the
C:-drive will be formated and
you would loose this backup
file !
Screen:
"Completing the ASR
Preparation Wizard"
When you click Finish, the
Wizard creates a backup of
your system files. You will then
be asked to inster a floppy disk.
You will use this disk and the
backup to restore your System
in an event of a major failure.
To close this wizard and to
begin the backup, click Finish".
Continue with "Finish"The sytstem will create a list of all filesand then start the backup-processes,
creating a disk-backup-fileOnce the disk-backup is done,
you will be prompted for a
floppy disk (blank , formatted)
to store some ASR-datacopying files to the ASR floppy
ASR Restore process :
Once all other methods to start the XP system fail, you can use the ASR backup-file and floppy disk
to return the system to the status as during the creation of the ASR backup.These screen dumps have been made using :
"VMWARE Workstation 3.0" of VMWARE.
( more details on this very powerful program )
Insert your Windows XP Professional Installation CD-ROM and boot from CD-ROM :If you get the message to
"press any key to boot from CD...", press any key
Be prepared : as soon as at the botton of the screen the message :
"Press F2 to run Automated System Recovery (ASR) ..." is displayed, press F2,
so have your finger ready on top of the F2-key to press it as soon as you see :
You will then be prompted to insert the ASR floppy disk:
You have for a few seconds still the time to abort the ASR process by pressing ESC :
You will NOT be prompted : the system starts formating your C:-drive !
and starts then with a process very similar to the XP installation :
File will be copied from the XP CD-ROM to the disk.
The system will reboot and continue with the installation process :
But it will not continue a
complete installation :
It starts the Automated
System Recovery Wizard.
This screen will wait for 90 sec,
then it will continue automatically.Screen
"Data Recovery Source"
Confirm the location of
the disk backup-file,
in my example:
E:\backup.bkf
At the end of the ASR process, Backup is used to restore the information on the C:-drive :
Your system has been restored !
The ASR backup process creates two items: a full backup of the drive on which Windows is installed and an ASR floppy disk on which information that will help Windows use Automated System Recovery (ASR) is stored.
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Automated System Recovery (ASR).
Microsoft recommends that you regularly create Automated System Recovery (ASR) sets as part of an overall plan for system recovery so that you are prepared if the system fails. ASR should be a last resort for system recovery. Use ASR only after you have exhausted other options. For example, you should first try Safe Mode Boot and Last Known Good.ASR is a two-part system; it includes ASR backup and ASR restore. The ASR Wizard, located in Backup, does the backup portion. The wizard backs up the system state, system services, and all the disks that are associated with the operating system components. ASR also creates a file that contains information about the backup, the disk configurations (including basic and dynamic volumes), and how to perform a restore.The ASR backup process creates two items: 1)A full backup of the dirve on which Windows is installed and 2) An ASR floppy disk on which information that will help Windows use Automated System Recovery is stored.The ASR backup process creates two items: a full backup of the drive on which Windows is installed and an ASR floppy disk on which information that will help Windows use Automated System Recovery is stored.
a floppy disk slot is what you put the floppy disk in on a CPU
A floppy disk DRIVE can read, erase and save information on a floppy disk. The disk can't do it by himself.
no the floppy disk rotate slower its because hard disk rotate faster then floppy disk
It's higher than Floppy Disk Associate, but not quite Floppy Disk Board of Directors.
Every version of Windows, even Vista, bundles a copy of MS-DOS. You can create an MS-DOS boot floppy by formatting a floppy disk, and checking the "Create an MS-DOS startup disk" box.
To read a floppy disk, you insert a floppy disk into a floppy disk drive. Not all computers have floppy disk drives. Typically desktop computers or ones that stand on the floor have floppy disk drives. New machines today allow a USB thumb drive (USB flash memory storage device) to be used in place of a floppy drive. All modern computersy have USB connections. If you need to read a floppy disk and you computer does not have a floppy disk drive, you can purchase a USB connected floppy disk drive for your computer.
The term "Floppy disk" is also used in German as is "Diskette" or "Floppy"
(giggle) FLOPPY disk? Heehee!