Creating System Recovery Discs; Creating A Recovery Tools Cd - HP Compaq Presario,Presario SR1925 Maintenance Manual

Creating System Recovery Discs

Complete the procedure described in this section to
create a set of system recovery discs from the recovery
image stored on your hard disk drive. This image
contains the operating system and software program
files that were originally installed on your PC at the
factory.
You can create only one set of recovery discs for your
PC. The recovery discs you create can only be used
with your PC.
After creating the recovery discs, you can delete the
recovery image if you would like to make extra space
available on your hard disk drive.
NOTE: Do not delete the recovery image unless you
have made recovery CDs or DVDs.
Choosing Recovery Disc Media
There are several advantages to using DVDs instead
of CDs when creating recovery discs:
•
DVDs have a faster data transfer rate. DVD
recovery discs restore the original data faster than
CD recovery discs.
•
DVD recovery discs take less time to create than CD
recovery discs.
•
DVDs have greater capacity than CDs, so there are
fewer discs to record and store.
To create recovery discs, your PC must have a CD or
DVD writer drive, or other drive that can write to CDs
or DVDs.
The number of discs in the recovery disc set depends
on your PC model. The program that creates the discs
tells you the number of blank discs needed to make
the set. The process takes some time, up to 15 minutes
per disc, to verify that the information written on the
disc is correct.
You can quit the process at any time. The next time
you run the program, it begins where you left off.
To create System Recovery discs:
1 Close all open programs.
2 Click Start.
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3 Choose All Programs.
4 Choose PC Help & Tools.
5 Click Compaq Recovery CD-DVD Creator.
The Recovery CD-DVD Creator window appears.
6 Follow the onscreen instructions. Label each disc as
you make it (for example, Recovery 1, Recovery 2).
Store the System Recovery discs in a safe place.

Creating a Recovery Tools CD

In addition to System Recovery discs, you can create a
Recovery Tools CD. The Recovery Tools CD can be
used to:
•
Read instructions to use each utility on the Recovery
Tools CD.
•
Start the System Recovery program from the
recovery partition.
•
Remove the System Recovery partition from your PC
hard disk drive to increase space for data.
•
Create a new data partition on your PC hard disk
drive.
•
Start the Microsoft Recovery Console (a utility from
Microsoft that can perform operating system
diagnostics and repairs).
WARNING: Before using the Compaq
Recovery Tools CD to change your hard
disk drive, create System Recovery discs as
described in the previous section. You
cannot make System Recovery discs after
you remove the System Recovery partition.
You must create a Recovery Tools CD before you can
use any of these utilities.
To create or start the Recovery Tools CD:
1 Click Start.
2 Choose All Programs.
3 Choose PC Help & Tools.
4 Click Compaq Recovery Tools CD. The tools
window appears.
5 Follow the onscreen instructions.
Store the Recovery Tools CD in a safe place.