Boot Disk Question/back-up Utility in WXPProsp2 question

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hello all, I am hoping someone can help with this.

I used the backup utility that comes with XPPro/(i am running sp2) and used
the wizard process.

I chose the one that says you will be prompted to make a floppy once the
back-up is done.

The back up is done(i copied the whole of "C" drive onto another drive on my
machine) but there was no prompt to make a floppy.

I guess i have two questions..

1. what happened to the prompt, how do i get the wizarfd to work etc etc

2. to make my own floppy, what files should i put on it?

thanks,

fat57

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yes, that is button i used, the bottom one, it is the wizard called
Automated System Recovery Wizard:
The ASR preparation wizard helps you create a two part back up of your
system: a floppy disk that has your system settings, and other media that
contains a back up of your local system partition.

the above is what is says.

what it does however, is to create the backup and then it doesn;t ask me to
make the floopy, it just finishes the back up and then closes.

my question is still............ggggg


1. is there something i need to do besides what i am doing to get the ASR to
make the floppy(ie, prompt me and go through the process, whatever it is)?

2. If i make my own floppy not using the ASR wizard what should i bew
putting on it?

thanks...

fat57



and "DL" <dl@spoofmail> wrote in message
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>I believe you selected the option to backup an entire drive, the wizard
> allows you to select where/what to backup to.
>
> It maybe that you wished instead to create an ERD - ermergency rescue
> disk,
> a floppy - This is the bottom btn on the backup welcome screen.
>
> "fat57" <fat57Atcarmelitenunsofthepacific> wrote in message
> news:H5OdnUJgd6XL37neRVn-jA@comcast.com...
>> hello all, I am hoping someone can help with this.
>>
>> I used the backup utility that comes with XPPro/(i am running sp2) and
> used
>> the wizard process.
>>
>> I chose the one that says you will be prompted to make a floppy once the
>> back-up is done.
>>
>> The back up is done(i copied the whole of "C" drive onto another drive on
> my
>> machine) but there was no prompt to make a floppy.
>>
>> I guess i have two questions..
>>
>> 1. what happened to the prompt, how do i get the wizarfd to work etc etc
>>
>> 2. to make my own floppy, what files should i put on it?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> fat57
>>
>>
>
>