Can you format a disk image onto an hhd partion?

[aaka3207]

what I mean by this.Can i take my windows installation disk, get the image from it, partion my hdd and format the partion, and put the files onto that partion so I always have the repair disk just in case?

 

[unksol]

you would just take an ISO of the disk and put it wherever. there's no reason to make a partition or anything...

 

[JamesSneed]

What unksol said. Better yet just make a good backup after you get windows, drivers and base software installed. That way all else fails you can do a restore and not have to re-install windows, drivers and software.

 

[aaka3207]

my thought was that if lets say a windows file was missing and i couldnt access it, then i could just boot from the partion and use recovery manager without the disk.