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More info?)
Yes. The ultimate recovery tool is a drive imaged with True Image, Ghost,
etc. (and whatever Symantec is calling DriveImage these days).
"MB" <mel@prodigy.invalid.net> wrote in message
news:10hqc75ri23ff95@corp.supernews.com...
> Is the "reinstallation CD" that came with my Dell system sufficient (to
boot
> from after a crash -- with a bit of luck)?
>
> Mel
>
> "Edward J. Neth" <ejn63@netscape.net> wrote in message
> news:2o4hjgF6lq28U1@uni-berlin.de...
> > You can't boot XP from a single diskette using anything that comes with
> > Windows. You can save your ntldr, boot.ini and ntdetect.com files to a
> > floppy and use them if you ever need to recover, but you either need to
> boot
> > from the XP CD or you will need to make the six boot floppies by
> downloading
> > the boot maker from Microsoft.
> >
> >
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q310994
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> >
> >
> > "MB" <mel@prodigy.invalid.net> wrote in message
> > news:10hpro6miq3e248@corp.supernews.com...
> > > I have a Dell Dim 2400 with XP Home.
> > >
> > > I would like to create an emergency boot diskette. What is the best
way
> to
> > > do this?
> > >
> > > Mel
> > >
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