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1. #USB BACKUP VS RECOVERY DISC FULL VERSION#
2. #USB BACKUP VS RECOVERY DISC UPGRADE#
3. #USB BACKUP VS RECOVERY DISC SOFTWARE#
4. #USB BACKUP VS RECOVERY DISC PC#

After that, even if you have a fire or a complete system failure and need to get a new machine.

#USB BACKUP VS RECOVERY DISC PC#

OEM Branded – comes installed with a new PC (branded OEM). CANNOT MOVE FROM MACHINE TO MACHINE and CANNOT Replace/Update CPU or Motherboard (will fail validation when running Windows update) !! The setup.exe will not run from DOS, but all you have to do is boot from the CD, start installing, and when XP says that it doesn’t detect an operating system and to please insert an OS disk, put in your Win98 disk.

#USB BACKUP VS RECOVERY DISC UPGRADE#

Upgrade – also called Retail Upgrade version – much less than Full – and usually just a tad more than OEM unbranded. You may need to call Microsoft for re-activation)!!

CAN MOVE FROM MACHINE TO MACHINE (just make sure you uninstall then reinstall, and re-activate. it will not validate with WGA and will only be allowed to receive critical updates). If you lie and do not uninstall it – then the old machine will run, but will act as any other machine running a pirated version (i.e.

#USB BACKUP VS RECOVERY DISC FULL VERSION#

*** only the Retail Full Version allows you to move Windows from one PC to another !!įull – also called Retail Full version – most expensive, can be transferred to another machine, so long as it is uninstalled from the old machine. Save all installation media (and product keys) for your operating system and applications in a safe place Insist on installation media from your computer vendor So, knowing all this, what’s the bottom line? Outlined above, a good image backup taken with the appropriate tools would actually render the whole issue moot. Is or should be on the hard drive for the restoration to actually succeed will vary quite a bit.īackups are the ultimate safety net, yet too many people don’t do them. A restoreĭisk from one vendor may work a certain way, while that from another may do something entirely different. There’s actually no standard for what a restore disk should contain. Penny should you face the disaster scenario above.Īll restore disks aren’t created equal. Yes, it might be an extra cost, but it’s very much worth every Installation media, insist on installation from your computer vendor. Unless you have another (legal) source for Many manufacturers don’t include installation CDs, only recovery. You can then use it to restore your system as of the time that image was taken onto a replacement drive. The other option is an image type of backup which is a backup of everything on your hard drive.

Then likely need installation disks or copies of downloads for your applications as well, again so as to be able to reinstall them With an installation disk you can reinstall your operating system from scratch on to an empty replacement hard drive. That’s when the only solution is an installation disk, or image backups. The recovery disk cannot recover, because the information or other support files it needs are no longer around. That means that the recovery partition, or for that matter anything on your hard drive that your recovery disk might rely on, is Here’s the problem: what if your hard drive dies – completely? A common scenario is that it could fire up a complete re-install of Windows using a copy of Windows squirreled away on a The recoveryĭisk might be used to reinstall and/or repair the system from the various places that it might have information stored on the hardĭrive. Hopefully, you can already see the problem.Ī recovery disk is a fine approach if, for example, you mistakenly delete Windows, or somehow corrupt the system. There’s no need for additional tools or information to already A Windows installation disk contains a copy of Windows which isĬopied from the disk and installed on your computer’s hard drive.

#USB BACKUP VS RECOVERY DISC SOFTWARE#