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cloning or imaging which is best for restore in the even of hdd failure
jraju:
Hi, I asked this query, as my pc's dvd drive is not functioning.
Samson:
Is this relating to creating the rescue media?...And am I correct in now thinking that your PC has no option to boot from USB and a dead DVD drive? :undecided:
You have a few choices here...
With USB thumb drive plugged in, try searching the boot options, it might show up then.
Check again in the BIOS for settings to enable booting from USB, may involve a BIOS update.
Replace the dead DVD drive.
jraju:
Hi, Samson, your last resolution, to replace dead dvd is the only option, i think so. In laptop, i was given the chance to boot from usb and so it was easy to check . But in pc, older hardware, bios updated, there is no provision to boot from usb, nor usbdoes it show in any other menu, even though there is entry usb 3.0 supported in one of the menu.
Thanks, but is there any alternative to recognize the usb drive in bios?
jraju:
Hi, Samson, Is it enough if i create a single rescue disk for both my pc and laptop? I ask this becasue my OS is different in different devices. Desktop has windows 7 and laptop windows xp sp3. Moreover, if i click yes in the create rescue disk in windows 7, it first list out the list of drivers in windows 7 machine, and when i click yes in laptop, it listed those present in the laptop. Is the rescue disk is machine specific?
If so, could i just use the same pendrive having rescue disk to recover for both the devices.
Will it ask for windows key on recovery, pl give your solutions
Samson:
In most cases a single rescue disk will work on multiple machines. I am not sure what you want from me here, but the simplest solution in your case will be to.....
Use the USB pendrive that you have created for your son's laptop on that machine. You have tested it and it worked right?
Replace the CD/DVD drive on yours and create the rescue media on CD/ DVD and use that on yours.
You will not have to enter any Windows key, as you are restoring an activated image, not reinstalling the OS.
I have no idea what options are available in your BIOS, is this the Intel D915GAV board?
Latest BIOS is EV91510A.86A.0482.2006.0222.2350 February 23, 2006 I suggest you ask here https://communities.intel.com/community/tech/desktop
You may want to think about changing your signature :wink:
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