How to clear an XP recovery disk?
I want to make a recovery disk for my Dell Latitude D630, My laptop runs on Windows XP professional and i cannot find a reliable source on how to breed a recovery disk.
Answers:
You can either charge a recovery disk from the dell website or make one yourself. Just thought I would mention that you can charge one if your issue is you lost your original. Anyhow, you are unsophisticatedly making an image, which is adjectives that a recovery disk is.
I recommend using Macrium Reflect or Acronis True Image. Macrium Reflect is free, so that makes it more great. Basically, setup your PC barebones (drivers, firmware, fresh Windows install, Service packs or window updates all installed) and install your Imaging software (whichever, but preferably one of the two I suggested). Ideally, you don't want to be browsing the internet, installing unknown software, etc since this is supposed to be a verbs restore disk (not full of cookies, possible spyware or viruses, etc). For a walk-though, check out this video:
http://www.revision3.com/systm/backups
Good luck.
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