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burning vista installation disc not recovery disc

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by Sir Punk, Feb 19, 2009.

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  1. Sir Punk

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    I know this must have been asked a million times but google didn't help nor the search here.

    I found out how to burn a Vista recovery disk, but that is a stripped down vista and not the complete install. I want to burn what's inside my recovery partition so that if my hard drive crashes I can just use the dvd to do a clean install of vista business.

    can anybody clear this up for me?
     
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    GoodBytes NvGPUPro

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    Your system should come with Vista official disk, with the product key already typed into, and the Dell logo at the system properties panel. NOTHING ELSE. You also have a driver disk that is being provided to you.

    You can uses these 2 disk to re-install the system to the original state.

    If you want an IMAGE backup of your computer. Vista has this for you.
    Vista Business, Enterprise and Ultimate edition has a feature called "Complete PC Backup". Which is found inside the backup/Restore Panel found in the Control Panel. By pressing on the button to make a backup of your FULL system, you will be asked which source you want the backup to be. Here are some choices: Networked Computer, DVD's, CD's, external HDD, and the best of them all: external HDD on eSATA. To restore your computer, all you have to do is boot from Vista installation disk, select Repair Windows, and click on the Complete PC restore option.
     
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    actually I only have 3 cds: roxio, dell webcam central, and cyberlink power dvd.

    I wasn't trying to say a backup image of my system at all.

    so am I missing something?
     
    Sir Punk, Feb 21, 2009
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    Yes, you are missing Vista OS disk.
     
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    I think only the Vista 64 Ultimate option gives you a CD. Also the recovery partition doesn't seem to work. When booting in F8 mode, it says it cannot find the recovery files. This was done through step by step with a Dell technician. I had two m6400 that won't recover.
     
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    no. I have Vista business edition 64-bit. Some have the 32-bit and they have the disk as well.
    Actually I just learned that if you choose "Windows XP with Vista upgrade". You have Vista disk as well, but NO XP.
    So unless you picked XP only, you should have a Vista disk.
     
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    then i should call dell.
     
    Sir Punk, Feb 21, 2009
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